The only thing dumber than a mission statement is the idiot who insists you have one.

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Jan 29, 2020
11:48:41am

Supercoug [censored]

The only thing dumber than a mission statement is the idiot who insists you have one.

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Supercoug

Bio page: Supercoug
Joined: Sep 7, 2005
Last login: May 1, 2024
Total posts: 55,642 (27,825 FO)

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Time

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

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

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

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:

1/29/20 11:35am

That is great! Thanks for sharing.

grosven

1/29/20 11:41am

With Integrity 😉

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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