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It seems to be movie time for me during Spring Break. Last Saturday I took my 8 year old son to see the new Dr. Seuss movie and last night my wife and I went to see No Country For Old Men (NCFOM). Although I can not claim any cinematic break through for Dr. Seuss, the digital art work was impressive. In terms of NCFOM, I am not quite sure about the ending, what happened to the money, and where the crazy killer, Anton Chigurh ended up. I am not normally a Tommy Lee Jones fan since I do not think he really acts…it is just him. But I thought his character was very believable. But Anton was certainly on a mission!
Speaking of mission (nice segway!), what shape is your mission statement in? Most start-up and establish schools and non profits put little thought in developing or utilizing their mission, yet it should be the backbone of your organization. How often do you revisit it? Does it answer the questions: (1) who you serve; (2) what you provide that is unique; and (3) how you provide it? A first-class mission statement makes decision making easier. It stops boards from heading off in another direction and helps you stay on course.
Today in my eNewsletter I am going to talk about what goes into a great mission statement
Enjoy the eNewsletter,
Doug Halladay
President and Founder
Halladay Education Group Inc.
www.HalladayEducationGroup.com
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While a vision statement is directional and answers the question where will we be in five year, a mission statement is foundational and states the purpose of the school’s existence. It answers the question why do we do what we do. The school mission statement should emerge from core values and be enduring, with small adjustments along the way to make it congruent with school vision.
Unlike mission statements of the past, which often seem have everything in them but the kitchen sink, and fail to differentiate the school from neighboring competitors, today’s mission statement dwells less on the what schools do than the why they do it. By seeking the why as it emerges from core values a school can claim its points of distinction and better communicate the experience it offers as opposed to the product.
The mission is what is needed to be done now to attain the picture of the future. The vision involves the end result, while the mission is the means to get there.
An effective mission statement should answer the following questions. These questions characterize the business of the organization. This allows the organization to decide what it needs to do now to reach the end result, the vision. The mission is also very important since it serves as a guide for the goals, objectives, and action plans. This allows the school to plan for actions to be taken in the present in anticipation of needs, problems, resources, opportunities, and constraints in the future.
- What function does the organization perform (need)?
- Who does the organization primarily perform for?
- How does the organization plan to go about its business?
Criteria for Evaluating the
- It should be brief
- It should be simply worded and easily understood
- It should not be so universal that it could have been written for any school
- It should be clear statement about what, who, and how the organization serves
- It should have a primary focus on a single strategic thrust (vision)
- It should reflect the distinctive competencies of the organization
The best mission statements are not flamboyant or inspiring, but rather narrowly focused...more like a laser beam than a spotlight. The more focused the mission, the better the performance is a good rule of thumb.
Your mission statement should also energize and inspire your school. Your organization has numerous stakeholders, often with conflicting interests and ideas. These can include board members, staff, customers, government agencies and the public. Great missions reflect all those interests but balance and inspire those stakeholders.
Your mission statement should be timeless and anticipate change. To accommodate change, your school should re-explain your mission to your stakeholders every three to five years. This will regain their understanding and commitment. But that does not mean organizations need to change their missions. That should only be done in truly exceptional cases.
A mission statement should stick in the memory. Stakeholders, especially external ones such as donors, rely on your mission statement to guide their actions. So, the statement should be something that can easily be remembered. That means it should be short and concrete.
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To your success,
Douglas Halladay
President and Founder
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