Two of the most important paragraphs a business founder writes are the mission statement and the vision statement. While a mission statement describes a business's tangible goals, the vision statement ...

The question “What is your vision statement for your practice?” often elicits funny looks from financial planners. Many individuals chose the financial planning profession because of its orientation ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Most companies have a clearly defined mission statement, but it’s the vision statement that employees cling onto. Whereas mission ...

An old marketing rule called "The Rule of Seven" states that consumers must see or hear something seven times before they remember it. Put your vision statement everywhere to enable your employees to ...

I serve as the visionary at EOS Worldwide with a passion for helping entrepreneurs get what they want from their businesses. Having a bad vision statement might be better than not having one at all, ...

I’ve found that one of the surest ways to get managers to start staring out the window is to initiate a conversation about “mission and vision.” All managers know that their organization is supposed ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Vision statements get a bad rap for a couple of reasons. First, they’re ill-defined by people who confuse vision with a strategy. Second, ...

Every working day for nearly 17 years, I walked by the same mission statement poster. I can’t remember what it said, which tells you all you need to know. Most vision and mission statements are like ...

Last century’s Mission Statement has evolved into today’s Simplicity Vision Statement. Instead of a buzzword-driven paragraph, the Vision Statement helps you articulate why simplification is important ...

Few, if any, forces are as powerful as shared vision. A clearly worded vision is vital to the success of a business because it creates enthusiasm for a future state that is important and desirable by ...