Does your company have a clear purpose?

Released:
29.3.2023
Reading time:
5
Sanne Markwall

Does your company have a clear purpose/goal/vision/direction☀?

Is it clear who you are and why you are here👁?

If not, there is an increased risk of making a number of wrong choices and too few opt-outs.

Another risk is that it creates a lot of confusion and chaos in the company. Many of us know the fairy tale Alice in Wonderland, but why the parallel🤷.

In the fairy tale, Alice gets lost in the fairy-tale forest. In the forest she meets the Philosopher's Cat, and Alice asks

"Which way shall I go?"

To which the filurkat replies

"It depends on where you're going"

Alice replies

"I don't really know"

and the filurkat answers back

"Then it doesn't matter which way you choose".

Applied to the boardroom and the company in general, it is therefore crucial that the company is absolutely clear on purpose/goal/vision/direction. Otherwise there are a lot of "Alice's" running around the company working in different directions.

Companies with a vague goal appear uncertain about themselves and who they are - and that uncertainty will sooner or later lead to the wrong decisions being made.

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