After completing the following reading of the articles, respond to the following questions:

1. Summarize how do mission statements and vision statements help employees identify a sense of purpose? Reflect on your current or past employer, do you think that they did an effective or poor job in communicating with their employees the organization's mission and vision? If so, how? If not, how could they have done a better job?

2. Do you agree that a company must be driven by a clear mission? -If yes, why? If not, why? Can employees still be productive without clarity on the organization mission?

3. Summarize what are the 6 steps for ensuring leadership alignment according to the Inc. article by Brent Gleeson.

Read: Mission Statements and Vision Statements, Unleashing the Power of Purpose http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_90.htm#sthash.sACtZQKr.dpuf

Why Your Company Must Be Mission Driven by Chris Groscurth

http://news.gallup.com/businessjournal/167633/why-company-mission-driven.aspx

Steps for Ensuring Leadership Alignment by Brent Gleeson

https://www.inc.com/brent-gleeson/6-steps-for-ensuring-leadership-alignment.html