By: Michael Lake | 2010-03-28 | Business Mission statements. Many companies have them, but what are they good for? What is the purpose of a mission statement? This article gives some perspective on the value and use of a corporate mission statement. read more
By: James | 2011-01-21 | Goal Setting The start of a new year is always a nice time for reflection and conjointly a good time to be thinking forward to what you would like to achieve over the coming year. It's a time to get your goals out, review your mission statement (you are doing have one don't you?) and ask yourself whether or not you're on-track to achieve what's most significant to you. If you don't yet have a mission statement of your own, it is a nice time to be thinking about producing one for yourself. read more
By: Rose Manning | 2011-01-28 | Business The mission statement used to define your company should say it all in a clear, concise, and passionate manor. Follow these guidelines to write an effective mission statement for your business. read more
By: Lynn Baber | 2010-03-29 | Strategic planning Mission statements provide a framework of guiding principles that allow the organization to make decisions about new programs and evaluate existing ones, as well as being useful when positioning the organization to the public. Mission statements provide the statutes that govern the organization. Programs, actions, policies and communication must not violate the mission. Should a decision be made that is outside of the mission, the mission must be revised. read more
By: April McCallum | 2010-04-01 | Management What Does Your Company Do? What Core Vision Drives Your Business? What is Your Elevator Pitch? These may sound like elementary questions but surprisingly the answers to these essential questions oftentimes do not match the Mission Statement, Core Values or Stated Objectives of many organizations. read more
By: Jaynine Howard | 2010-03-31 | Strategic planning Your Mission Statement should be reviewed at least every five years. The reason you want a Mission Statement is so that potential customers know what you do and how you do it and the direction your moral compass is pointing. People do business with those they know, like, and trust. read more
By: Don Midgett | 2010-04-03 | Strategic planning 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. read more
By: Paul Buchanan | 2011-06-23 | Babies Finding the right child care provider for your child or children can be a tough situation. You want the best for your children and a care provider that can offer a safe, loving and nurturing environment for your family. read more
By: Raymond Aaron | 2010-04-02 | Wealth Building What are wealth secrets, really? Do you define your success in life by the clothes you have, the car you drive, or the house you live in? Some do, but are they happy? For others, wealth secrets lay in doing their life mission. After that, everything else falls into place, and no other shall say nay. read more
By: Charity Crouch | 2010-03-31 | Gifts The Mission furniture style has been a favorite choice in the wood working world for handmade blanket chests. Beautifully done joinery and design style make them custom furniture of choice among discriminating buyers. Interestingly enough, Mission furniture did not start off as high quality furniture. read more
By: Susan Mclain | 2010-04-04 | Small Business A mission statement is "A brief paragraph or two that describes the ultimate goals of a company." What is your company about? What is your intent by being in business? What do you stand by when you do business? A mission statement can deliver this succinctly and clearly to your audience. read more
By: Sylvia Hepler | 2010-04-01 | Strategic planning As an executive, have you ever retreated to a quiet place specifically to write your PERSONAL mission statement? Few people in top positions do this. Yet such an exercise culminating in only one to five sentences is an invaluable investment of time. You get the opportunity to figure out exactly who you are at the core and where you want to go in the future. read more
By: Henry Ford | 2011-04-09 | Reference & Education The main goal of an organization is to make profit. Therefore there is need for firm to have a strategy that reflects on its long term goals and this strategy should aim at configuring a firms resources, environment and its employees to enable it to meet its targets of making profits as well as the market demand and market expectations. Normative theory is a subjective, value laden and usuall read more
By: manishpaull | 2012-02-01 | Childhood education One of the biggest challenges facing modern families today is caring for their children while the parents work. Modern parents have found themselves a number of options ranging from day-care. read more