Exercises and questions to explore
Below are some questions to help you explore where your organisation might be in terms of building a shared understanding and to identify what your next steps might be:
- Who is championing the work to become purpose-led?
- How engaged are the CEO and leadership team in this work?
- What is the motivation for, and what are the beliefs and assumptions that underpin the desire to work on this?
- Has the leadership team created the space for debate on what it means for the business to be purpose-led?
- Have people from different levels and from different areas and functions in the business been involved in the discussions?
- Is there a shared understanding about what purpose-led means across the Executive committee and Board? Does the Board view its role as the collective trustees of the corporate purpose?
Exercise:
- Reflect on the course and the questions above – what might the next steps look like?
- Write up some talking points for a conversation you would have with the CEO / other senior leaders to help take these steps.
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