SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief on Leadership — tracks feedback from more than 150,000 business leaders. We run the poll question each Tuesday in our e-newsletter.Last week we asked: Does your organization have a formal mission statement?
- Yes, and I'm proud of it: 56%
- Yes, but it's pretty blah: 29%
- No, but I wish we did: 8%
- No, and I don't really want one: 6%
Mission matters: People want to be part of something bigger than themselves. Clearly, many of you are — or if you don't have a mission statement, you wish you did. For those of you belonging to blah organizations, try leading a mission statement shake-up. Find other like-minded folks who want to revitalize the organization's mission and set about to taking a crack at defining one that's less blah. Things won't change unless someone takes on the mantle of leadership. Why shouldn't that someone be you?
Mike Figliuolo is managing director of ThoughtLeaders / http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2011/05/09/mission/
Thanks to SmartBlog On Leadership
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