I attended a meeting last week . . . the same one I attend every month. At this particular meeting, we began talking about networking events, asking one another what events we attend, which ones produce useful referrals, which ones do not, and so forth. In the context of our discussion, a “networking event” is
Outstanding organizations have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.
Mission, vision, and values are the three legs of a stool we call “culture.” The leg we call “mission” is about purpose. It answers the questions, “Why are we here? What are we doing and why are we doing it? Who are we trying to serve?” Without a shared sense of mission, an organization is