Whiteboard Video: How to Write a Mission Statement

MSP is extremely proud to announce our new weekly installment to the blog- “The Virtual Strategist: Practical videos packed with business essentials.” Each week, our VP of Marketing Erica Olsen will take complex or boring business concepts and make them simple and inspiring! This week: Mission Statements.

Stay tuned for more each week here at mystrategicplan/blog!

Visualizing The Direct Path To Your Success

Over the past month in this space, we have discussed the key elements
of successful strategic planning. In addition to analyzing your
strategic position and defining strategic objectives according to the
Balanced Scorecard framework, we have talked about creating an
environment that connects your employees to the organization’s mission,
surrounding yourself with the right people with the right competencies
and skills, […]

Seeing the Future

How much time do you spend thinking about your company’s future?
Chances are, not much. For the most part, putting out fires and taking
care of the day-to-day tasks consume most of your time. But to be
strategic in your business, you must discover how to spot future
opportunities as soon as possible. Yes, you do need to […]

Updating your vision statement and vivid description

Updating or creating a new vision statement can be one of the most exciting parts of strategic planning. Creating your vision statement can be achieved in a fashion similar to that of creating your mission and values statements.
Follow these steps to create your vision:

Gather your senior staff and key employees together for a one- to […]

Changing how we think about change

Increasingly today, we are witnessing the blurring of
commerce and social responsibility. Companies navigate a complex and evolving set
of economic, environmental, and social challenges, all the while addressing
stakeholder demands for greater transparency, accountability and
responsibility. Senior Advisor Allen White of Business for Social
Responsibility contends that rethinking the social contract remains one of the
most urgent imperatives of our […]

Articulating Your Mission and Vision

Earlier I
shared that successful strategic
planning is a continuous process – something that you need to make a habit.
Now, I’d like to also propose that the process isn’t linear but circular.
To that
end, let me begin at the requisite starting point – your mission statement. A
mission statement, we all know, is a statement of your company’s purpose […]

Is Your Strategy Lacking Inspiration?

Need a little inspiration to kick off your strategic planning? This is
just the book for you. Inspired Strategy quickly takes you through the
strategic planning process from a inspirational perspective, not the
usual business speak.
Sign up for Strategy Check, our bi-monthly newsletter, to download Inspired Strategy and other white papers from M3 Planning for free.
Click here to […]

Reaching the $1 Million Mark

At the end of the day, what is every business trying to
do? Grow. More customers, more sales, positive cash flow, larger deal sizes,
higher volume, more billable hours, justification for higher prices, etc. Ask
any hard-working entrepreneur what she is working on and you’re bound to hear a
comment related to growth. Why? Because if you’re not growing, […]

Strengthen Your Mission and Vision for Profitability

How a Clear Vision and Mission Leads to More Profits

Dan Bobinskihttp://www.management-issues.com/display_page.asp?section=opinion&id=2837

Here’s
an experiment you can try: Walk into a company’s office and find its
mission statement hanging on a wall. Take note of its meanings, and
then speak to any five people you meet from that company. Ask them if
they know their company’s mission.
Chances are you’ll hear
either […]

Define Your Goals, Accomplish More

"People with clear, written goals accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine" - Brian Tracy, Motivational Coach and Author
In a world full of deadlines and time constraints setting aside time for goal setting can be a challenge. Remember that time spent carefully choosing your goals and […]