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Jan 29, 2020
11:24
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JAGA97
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Make it simple.
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Help me with my bad attitude about mission statements
Bar7h
3rd String
1/29/20 11:21am
I'll help you with your bad attitude by reinforcing it. They're dumb, useless and a complete waste of time & energy.
foofcoug
1/29/20 11:23am
I dunno. To the extent they are well thought out and act as a guiding star for
flavordave
1/29/20 11:25am
Make it simple.
JAGA97
1/29/20 11:24am
Your middle paragraph about your in-laws
CommodoreCoug
1/29/20 11:25am
Totally something my mother-in-law would do
Druick
1/29/20 11:27am
"Our mission statement will be to not listen to you when you direct us to do stupid {crap} like this."
foofcoug
1/29/20 11:30am
Retired last week after 35 years in big business--and I HATE mission statements
ColoSpgs
1/29/20 11:48am
That was the part that stood out to me. How dumb.
ReyOso
1/29/20 1:12pm
"Love one another. (Don't judge the in-laws.)"
Boomcannon
1/29/20 2:22pm
Not a fan of mission statements
4th and Niner
1/29/20 11:26am
I think they can have a lot of value when used how you describe them.
BrobaFett
1/29/20 12:06pm
Only if it can answer the question
md7Coug
1/29/20 11:27am
Umm...it's not that big a deal. Just make one and then everyone will ignore it
Thrill
1/29/20 11:28am
"We empower our employees to provide excellent customer service and create the
Thrill
1/29/20 11:32am
My company uses tenets and it can be very useful. It allows a team to set their
Salami Karate
1/29/20 11:30am
RE: My company uses tenets and it can be very useful. It allows a team to set their
foofcoug
1/29/20 11:32am
So, I hate that stuff too. But it is so empowering to plug into why you are
grosven
1/29/20 11:32am
This is the only mission statement I have ever liked:
Florwood
1/29/20 11:34am
Well if you do have to create one, here is a good resource:
TheLoneCougar
1/29/20 11:35am
That is great! Thanks for sharing.
grosven
1/29/20 11:41am
With Integrity 😉
TheLoneCougar
1/29/20 11:44am
Ugh. I remember new ownership coming to a company I worked at and introducing
squidmark
1/29/20 11:37am
Tangential pet peeve: restaurants where the whole 1st page of the menu is a mission statement
spinner
1/29/20 11:37am
Unless it's at the creation of the company itself, I'm not really sure...
OPINIONS
1/29/20 11:38am
The only thing dumber than a mission statement is the idiot who insists you have one.
Supercoug
1/29/20 11:48am
Here you go...
PJMort
1/29/20 11:55am
I dare you to give your boss the lyrics to the Weird Al song "Mission Statement" as your recommendation
byujag
1/29/20 11:58am
Ha, that’s good. I just sent it...
Bar7h
1/29/20 12:33pm
It helps larger businesses with strategic focus
Sumguy
1/29/20 11:59am
Church has a mission statement-think it's great as long as you get buy in from
pac12stickerhater
1/29/20 12:11pm
Seems like John 15:12 is all the mission statement the Church should need.
ReyOso
1/29/20 2:31pm
Just do what a company I worked for did a few years ago. Just buy one from a PR
coolblue
1/29/20 12:12pm
They are certainly overhyped and misused
D.T. Survivor
1/29/20 12:34pm
"Don't be evil"
boogers
1/29/20 2:04pm
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