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I’ve been blessed (and cursed) to be a contributing member of many diverse organizations, committees, sub-committees, groups, and businesses. These organizations, as I’ll collectively call them, all seem to have one thing in common. (even though they range from profit-to-nonprofit, religious-to-secular, political-to-ideological, and organized-to-chaotic)
That one thing that binds organizations together is also the one thing that causes most people to reject them, to leave them, to criticize them, and dare I say, to hate them.
That One thing is not any particular action, belief, or idea. Nor is it any person, governance, ideology, or attitude.
It is a resulting loss of focus.
It is a straying from the organization’s original course, path, and purpose.
It’s the Organizational Blur……..
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No group or entity is exempt from the requirements of authentic and purpose-driven forward motion. Unfortunately, we rarely live up to it.
We get stuck focusing on the “shadow missions” (those short-term goals or tasks which are meant to help guide us to our ultimate and intended ends.)
We shift our eyes off of our intended purpose of being, simply for the sake of taking one step forward.
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Any time an organization loses focus of its vision and its goals, and begins to forget its mission and reason for existing, we start to see a decline in efficiency, productivity, and cooperation among its members and supporters.
-increasing complexities
-operational plateauing and non-productive traditions
-selfishness and greed
-power struggles and pride
-favoritism and cliques
All of these things can contribute to the demise of an organization when these things replace your purpose.
Tyrannical bureaucracy steps in when the people become apathetic to these factors and the group loses focus of the organization’s purpose for existence.
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Fight that apathy…
Re-Focus…
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Consider This:
As an Organization:
What is our primary goal or purpose?
Is what we are doing leading this organization to that goal or purpose?
How can the life of the organization change, shift, and refocus so that it’s life is purpose-driven, productive, meaningful, and fulfilling?
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Consider This:
As a Person:
What is your primary goal or purpose?
Is what you are doing leading you to that goal or purpose?
How can your life change, shift, and refocus so that your life is purpose-driven, productive, meaningful, and fulfilling?
