Have you ever experienced mission drift? If so, I wonder if you have not also noticed there was low morale among the organization, the culture being despondent and/or negative. Perhaps you noticed this for yourself when you have lost your way?
When an organization or person is being mission focused and mission driven it leads to having a healthy culture. When you are focused on that mission than you make choices based on that. Your passion is incited which leads you to be excited for the day, for your part in meeting that mission. Your focus becomes on what you can do to meet the mission, rather than on what others are not doing. People work together because you have a common cause, rather than against each other.
I can tell you from my experience that when I was with a mission-focused organization we had incredibly low turnover, staff always going above and beyond and working collaboratively together, and a jovial atmosphere. It was a fun place to work. However, when I worked for a company that seemed to be adrift, so was the culture. Turnover was high, there were claims made against the them, constant personnel issues, and a general feeling of dissatisfaction in the air.
Being and remaining a mission-focused organization is good for business and good for yourself. When morale is high, productivity is up and when productivity is up than you are going to be more successful. So take time every day to remember what that mission is and what you are going to do that day to meet the mission. Stay mission focused and you will be successful.
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