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Missions & Measuring Cups
We have a set of nesting measuring cups in our kitchen, the smaller cups fitting inside the larger cups. It is an effective way to organize this useful tool. Measuring cups remind me of how the mission of individuals who work for an organization must be concentric, nested, fitting inside one another.
For example, the 1/4 cup represents the organizational mission, which fits into the 1/3 cup which which represents the mission of the senior leadership team, which fits into the 1/2 cup representing the middle managers, which fits into the 1 cup, which represents the mission of the front line team members.
If your measuring cups have been pieced together, they may not fit, you may have duplicate or be missing cups, they may be inefficient to use. Similarly, the organization will be less effective when missions are not aligned, much like misaligned Missions and Measuring Cups.
What Great Leaders Know
Missions and Measuring Cups are concentric
Individuals and Teams have missions that align with the organizational mission
Misaligned or mismatched components will result in ineffectiveness for the organization
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