Whether they are mom-and-pop shops or giant corporations, many successful businesses have a clearly defined vision and mission statement. These are key to inspiring your team, focusing on achieving a ...

Mission and vision statements can be great means to give an organization focus, coherence, and direction. But often they don’t. And if not, the time and money spent on formulating them may become a ...

In 1961, President Kennedy stood before an audience in Congress and countless Americans on their televisions and proposed that the United States "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before ...

In a previous blog, I provided an overview of strategic planning processes, including six core elements essential to any successful strategic plan. The six core elements are as follows: Vision Mission ...

If you're developing a business or organization, determining a direction and establishing goals is critical to your success. Creating a mission or vision statement that's specific to your venture ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I always thought vision and mission statements were corporate rubbish that — metaphorically or actually — made up the opening slides of ...

For many, the ideas behind a company vision and a company mission are confusing or misunderstood. Moreover, I engage in debates regularly about whether these concepts are the same (they are not) or if ...

Understanding these key components will assist you in articulating your organisation’s big picture purpose, activities and end goals. Vision is the highest-level purpose of the organisation. It ...

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Here’s a challenge for you: Without looking, write down the vision of your school or district. You may not be able to write it down verbatim, but can you at least identify and articulate the main ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When the Walt Disney Co. was created in 1923, it had a simple vision. The company wanted to be the “world’s leading producers and ...