You likely have a company mission statement, a short declaration of your organization’s purpose. Tesla’s mission statement, for example, is “To accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

The intent of the vision statement is to extend the limits of the sales team and imbue them within a sense of what they can accomplish, both together and as individuals. When the leader of a small ...

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 ...

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 ...

A rudderless ship is vulnerable to the strongest blowing wind. So too is your business if you're focused only on the here and now, and your operation is perpetually reacting instead of proacting.

Having a clear direction for your career is paramount, especially for those aspiring to earn annual salaries of $100,000 or more. A personal mission statement serves as a compass, guides your career ...

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 ...

When our daughter was very young, she helped my family navigate to a variety of locations, like her grandparents' homes, her favorite stores, or school. Even without makers or street names, she could ...

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 ...

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 ...