The Mission Always Wins: Quit Appeasing Stakeholders

It's time to further the mission. Not the boss, not the team, not the stakeholders--the mission.

Change requires tough decisions. But when the focus is blurred, how can we stay on track? We need clarity and agreement on the real task at hand--our genuine mission. This Practicing Change volume from Tod Bolsinger guides us through naming competing values and realigning the driving purpose with missional clarity.

In this essential Christian leadership resource, you'll find:

• Wisdom on clarifying your organization's purpose to give your team an aligned mission
• Practical advice from experienced Christian leader and bestselling author Tod Bolsinger
• Brief and accessible chapters sprinkled with colorful illustrations
• Real-life case studies and balcony time exercises for teams

The Practicing Change Series from Tod Bolsinger offers an engaging introduction to how we process organizational change and come through with renewed mission and vision. Each of the four illustrated volume opens and closes with a case study and includes balcony time exercises for teams to process together. Also available: How Not to Waste a Crisis, Leading Through Resistance, and Invest in Transformation.

Mark Demel brings ideas to life through pictures and creative communication. He has spent more than a decade using his artistic skills in the non-profit sector.

Marty Linsky is a professor at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and a co-founder with Ronald A. Heifetz of Cambridge Leadership Associates. He has published extensively on leadership, management, politics, and education.

Tod Bolsinger is the founder and principal at AE Sloan Leadership Inc., the executive director of the DePree Center Church Leadership Institute, and associate professor of leadership formation at Fuller Seminary. He is the author of Canoeing the Mountains and Tempered Resilience. Tod and his wife, Beth, split their time between Pasadena, California, and Ketchum, Idaho.