Over the last few years, our journey at HOPE to determine how to preserve and reinforce our mission led us to two undeniable conclusions:
- Mission Drift is the natural course for organizations.
- It takes focused attention to safeguard your mission.
Today, the culmination of this research, Mission Drift, is available on Amazon. To say we are excited to finally see this book in print is an understatement.
For those of you who serve on a board for an organization, we want to go beyond the book.The fight to protect your mission begins in the boardroom.
To equip your board to safeguard the mission of your organization, I’d like to extend a special offer. For anyone who purchases 10 or more copies of Mission Drift, Chris or I would be willing to have a 30-minute call to walk your leadership team through an assessment to understand how susceptible your organization is to Mission Drift.
More than ever before, gravitational forces tug at board members to abandon faith components of our missions and focus solely on changing the world. The best board members see themselves as guardians with no greater agenda than to see the mission flourish.
Email me at pgreer@hopeinternational.org if you’re interested in this offer. We’ll send you further instructions on how to make this happen. I look forward to spending some time with your board!
Thank you for all you do to keep your organizations Mission True!
June 23, 2016
I just encountered your teaching on mission drift as shared from a web site of The Salvation Army. I am glad to hear this topic being presented. I have found that a characteristic of any grass roots organization is its dedication and faithfulness to its mission. However, as the organization grows, it takes on a life of its own and develops a new mission which is never stated. It continues to present the original mission, but the primary mission actually becomes the preservation of the organization itself. I’ve always been impressed with John the Baptist’s declaration, “I must decrease so that he may increase.” Few organizations would allow that to happen with most committed to a business model that requires they continually increase the institution itself regardless of the stated mission.