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Bringing purpose to life

Exercises and questions to explore

Below are some questions to help you explore what your next steps might be:

  • Have the leadership come to a shared understanding of what being purpose-led really means and what it implies for the future of the business?
    The exercise in the section: The vital role of leadership commitment and shared intent should help you to consider this and suggests other courses in this knowledgebase you can find further information to help you to create this shared understanding.
  • Is the purpose statement authentic, inspiring and practical?
    For more on what we mean by this and what makes a good purpose statement see the course on: Answering the question ‘what is our purpose?’
  • Has there been effective engagement with key stakeholders both within and outside the business? What more could you do to help enable effective dialogue and engagement with key stakeholders?
  • Has the purpose had any impact on how people are treated and how decisions are made? How aligned is the purpose to the core strategy and how is the purpose affecting the culture of the business?

For further guidance you might find the following courses useful: