You have drawn the line in the sand. You have established your purpose (mission) and direction (vision) for your business. Now it is time to use these mission and vision statements to focus on the direction, leadership, goal-setting and basis for your strategic plans for your business or organization, employees and marketplace. Doug Campbell, Fire [...]
Do it now or do it over – with strategic planning, mission and vision statements come first. Proper building blocks for strategic planning, whether for-profit or non-profit organizations, begins with well crafted mission and vision statements. “There aren’t short cuts for such important actions,” states Don Midgett, business consultant and author of Mission and Vision [...]
A sure-fire way to start the success of your business strategic planning process is to identify the foundation upon which your business was built. Lacking a well defined mission statement and equally communicated vision statement identifying your desired future will make the job a great deal more difficult. Rather like threading a needle and thread [...]