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To continue in health, let alone grow, the organization has to again ask itself the questions about its Environments, mission, and core competencies.
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That business purpose and business mission are so rarely given adequate thought is perhaps the most important single cause of business frustration and business failure.
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With respect to the definition of business purpose and mission, there is only one such focus, one starting point. It is the customer. The customer defines the business.
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Defining the purpose and mission of the business is difficult, painful, and risky. But it alone enables a business to set objectives, to develop strategies, to concentrate its resources, and to go to work.
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In any organization, regardless of its mission, the CEO is the link between the inside, that is, the organization, and the outside, that is, society, the economy, technology, markets, customers, the media, public opinion.
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What really makes a difference is whether people recognize that they need one another to succeed on an important mission.
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The people to promote are the ones with the prosocial skills to put the mission above their ego – and team cohesion above personal glory.
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…whenever a team shifts focus to a new growth lever, it’s important to dive into the data with fresh eyes looking for insights specific to their new mission.
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Missions are powerful because they focus your energy toward a useful goal, a crucial factor in loving what you do.
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…just because you want to organize your work around a mission doesn’t mean that you can easily make it happen.
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