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Vision, Mission, Product, Values statements How To doc
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Unless and until, your group-org has consensus on a Vision statement, Mission statement, Product(s) statement and an optional Values statement, leadership has NOT done all you can to create coherence and energetic strength in your org.
Q: Working on Vision-Mission is boring and takes up too much time.
A: If you try to run your org on right-brain enthusiasm and feel-good only, history tells us your efforts will be short-lived. Only orgs with some balance between left and right brain intelligences are sustainable. Consider:
Right-brain ~ centrifugal force, periphery-seeking: enthusiasm, outreach, social media, novelty, fun, extraverted Feeling,
Left-brain ~ centripetal force, centre-seeking, coherence, integration, integrity, stability, sustainability.
Q: It takes too much time to come to consensus on Vision, Mission, Product(s) statements (VMP).
A: Yes. Still, NO BETTER USE OF SHARED TIME than to build CONSENSUS and COHERENCE in your org than having workable Vision, Mission, Product(s) statements.
