Comments on: Is your Mission Statement worthless? http://blog.andresvivas.com/is-your-mission-statement-worthless/ A blog about Practical, Effective IT Strategy Planning, by Andres Vivas Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:08:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Strategic Planning http://blog.andresvivas.com/is-your-mission-statement-worthless/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Strategic Planning Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:02:00 +0000 http://blog.andresvivas.com/?p=38#comment-404 Strategic Planning is a management tool that helps an organization focus its energy, to ensure that members of the organization are working toward the same goals, to assess and adjust the organization's direction in response to a changing environment. In short, strategic planning is a disciplined effort to produce fundamental decisions and actions that shape and guide what an organization is, what it does, and why it does it, with a focus on the future. Strategic Planning is a management tool that helps an organization focus its energy, to ensure that members of the organization are working toward the same goals, to assess and adjust the organization’s direction in response to a changing environment. In short, strategic planning is a disciplined effort to produce fundamental decisions and actions that shape and guide what an organization is, what it does, and why it does it, with a focus on the future.

]]> By: Mission Statements - Guy Kawasaki | Strategic IT Planning Blog http://blog.andresvivas.com/is-your-mission-statement-worthless/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Mission Statements - Guy Kawasaki | Strategic IT Planning Blog Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:12:09 +0000 http://blog.andresvivas.com/?p=38#comment-99 [...] What caught my attention from his presentation was the fact that he mentioned the need of creating a Mantra instead of a Mission Statement. He advices the audience to keep in mind that a Mission Statement must be useful for your employees. This is the same point I was making in my post Is your Mission Statement worthless? [...] [...] What caught my attention from his presentation was the fact that he mentioned the need of creating a Mantra instead of a Mission Statement. He advices the audience to keep in mind that a Mission Statement must be useful for your employees. This is the same point I was making in my post Is your Mission Statement worthless? [...]

]]> By: Andres Vivas http://blog.andresvivas.com/is-your-mission-statement-worthless/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Andres Vivas Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:08:44 +0000 http://blog.andresvivas.com/?p=38#comment-72 John, thanks for your post. I added a comment to your site. Very interesting insight. Thanks a lot for your comment. John, thanks for your post. I added a comment to your site. Very interesting insight. Thanks a lot for your comment.

]]> By: Is your IT Team’s Culture Aligned with the Business? | Strategic IT Planning Blog http://blog.andresvivas.com/is-your-mission-statement-worthless/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Is your IT Team’s Culture Aligned with the Business? | Strategic IT Planning Blog Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:16:04 +0000 http://blog.andresvivas.com/?p=38#comment-18 [...] help you lead your team to reach them. Constantly, remind your staff of the organization’s mission, and when approached by your staff to make decisions, think out loudly “How does this fit in [...] [...] help you lead your team to reach them. Constantly, remind your staff of the organization’s mission, and when approached by your staff to make decisions, think out loudly “How does this fit in [...]

]]> By: John Haydon - CorporateDollar.Org http://blog.andresvivas.com/is-your-mission-statement-worthless/comment-page-1/#comment-16 John Haydon - CorporateDollar.Org Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:55:24 +0000 http://blog.andresvivas.com/?p=38#comment-16 Just wrote about the effect social media has on mission statements: http://www.corporatedollar.org/2008/12/social-media-just-killed-your-non-profits-mission-statement-and-thats-a-good-thing/ John <abbr><em>John Haydon - CorporateDollar.Org´s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Corporatedollarorg-ExceedYourOn-lineFundraisingGoalsWithSocialMediaMarketing/~3/474645449/" rel="nofollow">Video Post: Website vs. Blog - Search Engine Rankings</a></abbr></em> Just wrote about the effect social media has on mission statements:
http://www.corporatedollar.org/2008/12/social-media-just-killed-your-non-profits-mission-statement-and-thats-a-good-thing/

John

John Haydon – CorporateDollar.Org´s last blog post..Video Post: Website vs. Blog – Search Engine Rankings

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