I like to call this dimension the soul of the company due to the fact that it is through its mission statement, vision statement, the definition of its mission, and the values, and principles that the organization starts to come to life and establishes its foundations. And if you want to build an emotionally intelligent organization your purpose, vision, mission, values and principles need to incorporate the emotional intelligence concept in order to attract emotionally intelligent collaborators. How can an organization do that? By carefully carving out the vision, mission, values, principles and, most importantly, its purpose to enhance feelings of wellbeing, purpose, meaning, compassion, care, fairness, sustainability, cooperation, dignity, ethics, moral, authenticity, transparency, and openness.
We will address each of them to help you carve out the purpose, vision, mission, values, and principles to have an emotionally intelligent organization from the soul to the roots by referring to the following diagram: