By: Christine Layug | 2008-12-19 | Shopping "An important source of growth for our corporation is the expansion of our international business." - Tony Tan Caktiong Chairman, Jollibee Foods Corporation read more
By: Christine Layug | 2008-11-28 | Shopping From a small restaurant down town, Jollibee Food Corporation became the largest known fast-food restaurant not only in the Philippines, but worldwide. read more
By: Joseph R. Byrd | 2010-03-26 | Self Improvement Do you have a personal vision? How do your actions align with what is important to you? Just like businesses have a vision and mission statement to determine how they want to operate, each of us should define what is important and our actions should match. If not, there will be (and there are) problems. read more
By: Don Midgett | 2011-06-07 | Management In the past 20 years, business leadership has steadily recognized the importance of participation in the crafting of their company's mission and vision statements. It is crucial for both management and employees to understand the purpose or mission statement of the company for its focus, its strategic direction and its business decisions. You use shared vision statements to create genuine commitment, rather than compliance. read more
By: Don Midgett | 2011-06-11 | Self help There is nothing so satisfying than recognizing your real passion in life. From that moment on you can authentically attract those opportunities to fulfill that personal passion. Maybe it is volunteering or expanding your existing activities. It is the work of each of us in this life to find our mission, define it and build our vision on it. Sometimes our personal and career mission and vision statements meet. In fact, it happens more often than most think. read more
By: Gary Calhoun | 2010-12-22 | Shopping My Premier Business Today - What is the difference between someone who just merely dreams and someone who makes their dreams come true? It’s about having a dream and pursuing it with gusto until it comes to fruition! Working with us is not just about dreaming, it’s about pursuing those dreams and making them happen, no matter how big or small. read more
By: Jackie Woodside | 2011-11-09 | Entrepreneurs Some may say that there has been too much talk of purpose, mission and vision. I say there is not nearly enough – not enough depth of dialogue and far too little implementation of the wisdom discerned from doing the work of crafting a meaningful purpose, mission and vision. 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: Michael Hume | 2010-10-04 | Leadership Here's a simple visioning exercise I've used successfully with many coaching clients who've wanted to pump-up their inspirational leadership. Try it as a starting point, and if it doesn't help you define (or refine) your sense of purpose, seek some coaching and make it more of a guided journey. read more
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: Melissa B Evans | 2010-03-29 | Small Business Creating a mission and vision for your small business can sometimes feel more difficult than any of the other monumental tasks such as securing funding or developing a product plan. By establishing a mission, you are defining the strategy statement for your company. It is a statement that describes how you will do business. Alternatively, your vision is how your business will look in the future once your mission has been executed successfully. read more
By: Don Midgett | 2010-04-04 | Environmental Beyond political commentary or church affiliation a new movement is coming from the pulpit, going through the congregations and out to the community. Color it green. The greatest social movements of our time, from abolition to civil rights, didn't seem to take off until the religious community got involved. read more
By: Bob Mason | 2010-04-02 | Strategic planning Any organization that wants to succeed, must define in what it wishes to succeed. That is the mission statement. The organization, whether a business or a non-profit entity, must define what it's going to do in a brief, succinct statement. This statement should not include how the mission is to be done. An organization's first responsibility is to be successful at their mission. Social concerns are important, but must be a subordinate concern to the mission because they are irrelevant if you aren't successful in the first place. read more
By: Niall Strickland | 2010-03-26 | Small Business Many small business owners never take the time out to explore their reasons for being in business. They are so caught up in day-to-day activities they fail to see the big picture. So what are the benefits of having an articulated Vision, Mission and Objectives for your business? 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