✓ Clarify your mission
✓ Discern guiding principles
✓ Align your strategy
✓ Assess and equip your team and board
The reality of Mission drift
In 5, 10, or 50 years from now, where will you be? Will your organization still be advancing its Kingdom Purpose? Without uncommon intentionality and accountability, mission drift will happen.
Mission-driven organizations define what is critical in light of eternity and pursue it with relentless focus and excellence.
We help Christian leaders, boards, and donors maximize their eternal impact, now and for generations to come. We serve Mission Driven Nonprofits and Faith Forward Businesses to help them define, protect, and champion what matters most to avoid Mission drift.
“Every company is only one transition away from losing its higher purpose and values.”
--Becca Spradlin, author of Lead On Mission
“It’s not if we’re drifting,
but where are we drifting?”
-Peter Greer, author of Mission Drift
GET SUPPORT
On Mission exists to support Mission Driven business and nonprofit leaders advance their organization's Christ-centered ambitions.
We provide practical services to create clarity and build alignment around your mission.
Our services focus on helping you define, protect, and champion what matters most.
WE SERVE FAITH DRIVEN BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS.
Services map
On Mission helps organizations perpetuate their higher purpose for advancing the Kingdom of God through the following services.
Define
Mission & Identity Foundations
Who are we? Why do we exist? What is core to our organization?
Define or refine core identity statements (e.g., purpose, mission, vision, values, and
statement of faith) to clarify the capital “M” Mission.
North Star Guidance & Guardrails*
What policies will help to advance the Mission and avoid drift?
Create guiding policies and establish guardrails to reinforce the Mission. Mitigate the risk of Mission drift in future generations of boards and leaders. Align and develop the current board and leadership team. Increase clarity on what it means to stay on Mission.
Mission Alignment Assessment
Where are we drifting today?
Avoid Mission drift by understanding the organization’s likelihood of staying on Mission.
This organizational assessment offers an objective perspective on areas of potential drift compared to best practices. It includes stakeholder surveys, a document review, interviews, and a final report with an overall score and summary of strengths and growth opportunities.
*Most popular DEFINE service
Protect
Governance Foundations*
How might we strengthen our governance function?
Design board practices, policies, and tools to strengthen governance and ensure alignment. It may include board manual creation or revision, board structure development and committee charters, and board covenant.
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
How might we integrate the Mission into our legal foundation?
Integrate the Mission into governing documents. This may include adding a “Primary Purpose” clause to clarify the Mission and mitigate the risk of Mission drift.
Measure & Manage what matters (Metrics)
How might we measure Mission fulfillment?
Discern key performance indicators (KPIs) to continuously measure Mission fulfillment and organizational health. Create dashboards and reports that enable Spirit-led and data-informed decision making.
*Most popular PROTECT service
Champion
Strategic Planning*
What objectives must we elevate to advance the Mission?
Design a focused set of time-bound objectives with measurable key results to advance the Mission. Engage the board and executive leadership in discerning the future direction. Avoid common strategy pitfalls by equipping the team with well-defined goals, progress visibility, and cadences of accountability.
Board Recruitment
How might we attract effective, Mission Driven board members?
Build a Mission-aligned board. Develop processes and tools to guide board recruitment, including the following:
- Board nomination process checklist
- Board recommendation form
- Board nomination form
- Board candidate interest form
- Board exploration interview guide
- Board experience composition matrix (skills map)
Board Development
How might we develop a Mission Driven board?
Cultivate board effectiveness and growth. Develop processes and tools to support Mission-aligned onboarding and development, including the following:
- Onboarding process
- Board self-assessment
- Board development plan
- Board reporting and communication
Succession Planning
How might we plan for continuity of Mission Driven leadership?
Discern cadences of reporting and accountability between the board and the CEO, including CEO job description, annual goals, evaluation frequency, criteria, and succession planning. Engage with the executive team to support team-level planning and development to ensure
Mission-aligned leadership continuity.
Team Foundations
How might we increase team effectiveness to improve Mission fulfillment?
Team-level assessments and workshops to enhance effectiveness by improving engagement, collaboration, and communication.
- DiSC® tools, assessments, and training
- Five Behaviors Team Development assessments and training
- Customized team debriefs for other self-assessment tools (e.g., Six Types of
Working Genius and Strength Finders, etc.) - Change management workshop series with advisory support
*Most popular CHAMPION service
Hear from our clients:
"Because drift is so prevalent, I recommend that mission-driven organizations invest in regular, external support in this area.
Becca’s work has made a significant impact on our culture and practices across our global offices. The intentional process and evaluation reinforces our DNA while helping us to improve how we stay on mission.”
"Thanks to On Mission's support we now have a concise, strategy report for the LWI board and staff. We’ve reduced our reporting pages by 60% and we have a much happier leadership team, empowered with an enterprise-view of the strategy.”
"A paramount responsibility of any board is to promote and preserve the mission. On Mission’s work equips leadership with critical insight while also equipping the board to provide the right level of accountability. The quality of analysis and collaborative approach has led us to work with them since 2015. I’d strongly recommend them to any team or board desiring to stay focused on their Christ-centered mission."
"We were fortunate enough to work with On Mission in developing our North Star guiding document with guardrails to protect from drift. This work was transformational for our board of directors, staff, and community. We use it for strategic decision making, budgeting, and programming along with board recruiting and community relations. Becca is a fantastic teacher, mentor, and facilitator. Do you and your organization a favor and decide to connect with On Mission. You won't regret it."
"After 25 years at the largest Wall Street firms, our team felt led to start a boutique wealth management firm, Arkos Global Advisors. Arkos serves generous business owners in a unique and holistic way that we couldn’t do at the large firms. From the beginning, we wanted Arkos to honor God as it scales. Mission drift is my worst nightmare. We don’t want future leaders or owners to ever curtail the biblically-imbued wisdom and financial management practices we provide today.
While our current leadership team is united around a clear mission, vision and values, how do we make sure things don’t drift after we are gone? As the founder, I tell stories and I think people have a clear sense of our vision and values, but we know what happens in the telephone game. Things get watered down.
On Mission’s North Star process provided the exact structure we needed. During the process, they asked the hard questions that raised the critical issues we had to work through. I can’t emphasize enough how important this was.
I liked getting it all out on paper. The North Star policies guide how we make decisions about ownership, governance, and funding as well as leadership, hiring, and culture. This document provides the necessary clarity to help us honor God, preserve our culture and values, and avoid mission drift. It will help us navigate nuance, while not trying to control from the grave. To empower and be helpful, but not restrictive. And to promote growth in a healthy way.”
Your course to mission resilience
Step 1
Assess alignment
Take the Mission Driven Self-Assessment (Nonprofits) or Faith Forward Leadership Self-Assessment (Businesses)
Step 2
Discern priorities
Connect with On Mission to discern priorities for integrating and perpetuating your mission and values. Develop your customized Mission Alignment Roadmap.
Step 3
Engage & Build Alignment
Our experienced team provides services tailored to your organization. Each service is designed to reinforce the mission, create clarity, and build alignment.
Step 4
Execute & reinforce
Sustain alignment on your team and board as you execute with clear accountability and a deeper focus on the mission.