Comments on: Your Mission Statement – Use it or Lose It!

By: Darrin Dickey

Darrin Dickey — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:53:54 +0000

Matt,

Thanks for the change to throw in my two pennies on SmallBizBee!! Keep up the good work. You’ve got some great info here.

Darrin

By: smallbizbee

smallbizbee — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:23:21 +0000

@David
Thanks for sharing…absolutely right on the idea of “fit”. I can’t work for a company if I don’t agree with their mission, and vice versa. Having a well defined mission will certainly help with recruiting/retaining becuase you will be filling your company with like minded individuals.

Thanks for stopping by,
Matt

By: smallbizbee

smallbizbee — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:20:13 +0000

@Alma
You got it! It sets a standard that you and your business needs to live up to in order to achive the greatest success.

By: Alma Gray

Alma Gray — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:56:56 +0000

So, basically fancy way of saying what you do and sticking to it–right? I think that’s the gist of what a mission statement’s supposed to do, enforce accountability.

By: David Sandusky

David Sandusky — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:29:57 +0000

So important. Good post. A company on a mission you can feel attracts and retains the right people. People who create a personal mission statement and live it attract the right companies, clients, people, etc. Fit? More likely. Example from one of my experiences if you don’t mind:
http://www.yourbrandplan.com/forum/culture-brand/1199-jobing-com-model-culture.html