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The halo that comes with mission-driven work can quietly raise the stakes for everyone inside the organization.

Staff and stakeholders who believe deeply in the cause tend to take misalignment personally. When the gap between what the organization says it stands for and what it actually does opens up, the people who care most are often the first to disengage.

In this Ideas Delivered by Parcel article, Erin Brand breaks down the four pressure points where purpose and people most often drift apart and five frameworks for closing the gap.

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