What gets lost in Mission Drift?

Ministry Leadership Program Mission in the Pub:

What gets lost in mission drift?

A discussion about what is at stake for our organisations when leadership for mission is misunderstood and unsupported.

Speakers:
Prof Fr Frank Brennan SJ OA, Adjunct Professor, ACU
Ms Sonya Smart, Chief Executive Officer, VMCH
Ms Kerry Brettell, Trustee, Calvary Ministries

Facilitator:
Ms Phil Billington

More and more Catholic organisations in health and aged care, social services and education, are experiencing tremendous pressures. These pressures are not simply financial where more service delivery is demanded for less cost, but also in terms of the their identities as Catholic organisations.

What defines Catholic organisations as such, and so provides them with their unique market offering, is mission. It is mission which provides the overarching narrative of purpose in which the values of Catholic organisations are articulated. It is this mission which ensures the unique Christian vision of the human person understood particularly in term of human dignity and the promotion of the common good. This vision, this mission is why so many choose to work in Catholic organisations.

When this mission falters through inadequate formation for leadership of mission, when due attention is not given to properly resourcing leaders either financially or in terms of time, for mission formation opportunities such as the MLP, then mission drift is very real possibility and much that is crucial to the organisational identity is in danger of being lost.

To stand against this loss, the MLP was brought to Australia and tailored for Australian Catholic organisational mission purposes. It remains the only unique and key executive leader mission formation program across all Catholic sectors and within. Work based and so bespoke for each participating organisation, the MLP fosters a community of practice that cannot be value to add to each organisation in terms of preventing mission drift.

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Mission in the Pub is presented in partnership with Catholic Healthcare Australia.