Transforming Culture

Mission statements that motivate

Sure, your office has a mission statement on the wall... does your staff know what it is? Do your customers care? Does it affect your day to day actions? Mission matters, and words shape culture. Let's craft a mission statement that will actually help our organization today!

Mission creep: when a business forgets it's purpose

Have you ever read a book that got so far into the details that you (or the author) completely lost the plot line? That can happen far too easily to a business or organization as well. With unlimited tasks to complete, projects, spreadsheets, hiring, products and services... we can accidentally forget why we were doing this thing in the first place. Let's talk about the danger of mission creep today, and how to make sure it doesn't come for us.

Disengagement: the curse that's coming for your team and how to break it.

Lesley Herald uses her extensive experience from Apple, Target, O-I and more to share practical insights on how to change the terrifying statistic that nearly 80% of employees are disengaged at work. What would your business, team, school or church look like if even 50% of your people were fully engaged and fired up about their work? Let's talk about it.

The double edged sword of tradition

"This is how we've always done it!" Can get your business, family, church or community stuck. Or, tradition can be rich and meaningful connection to past generations and a recalibration to our values and purpose. Is tradition helping or hurting the group you lead? Let's talk about it.

From Ohio to Kenya: Cornell Jordan

Do words have the same meaning in different places or at different times? They sure don't! Cornell talks with us about how culture in Ohio and Kenya are pretty different... but what could be the same?