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Vision vs. Mission | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The reason this is such a great question is that I’ve witnessed far too many executives confuse vision and mission in terms of both definition and application. It’s important to understand that vision statements are design oriented, while mission statements are execution oriented.

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Success vs. Significance | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Let me ask you to spend a few minutes and mull over the following questions: Do you understand the difference between success and significance? Did the attainment of your 2010 goals lead you closer to success or significance? Is the pursuit of success or significance driving your quest in 2011?

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QAspire Blog: Practical Insights on Quality, Management.

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer In Pursuit Of “Customer Delight”: Getting The Basics Right A lot of companies have the phrase “delighting our customers” in their well-crafted mission statements and quality policies. Do you have a method to accurately identify customer’s real/unique expectations?

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Possibility Maximizer: The Conference Board

Sales Wolf Blog

TCB is also a great example of how an organization should structure its mission and values that we can all learn from.  Today I would like to shine the spotlight on The Conference Board -  a leading source for business statistics and economic indicators. .

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A Penny for My Thoughts – Sid Levinsohn : Blog | Executive.

CO2

He never choose to judge you and listened deeply and then he was “The Great Asker&# of questions, he then shared his insights based on his learning and experience. As we struggled to build the business in the first year he tried to create opportunities for us to earn money (something every board member could learn).

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Top Leadership Bloggers’ Recent Best Posts

Michael Lee Stallard

Welcome to the November 7, 2010, early bird edition of leadership development carnival! The always reliable Art Petty gives us a dose of caffeine to start the day with Leadership Caffeine: Learning to Ask for Help posted at Management Excellence. Thanks to Dan McCarthy over at Great Leadership for organizing it. Mike Henry Sr.

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Global sales needs are also local sales needs

Strategy Driven

The good news is most salespeople are not willing to do the preliminary hard work it takes to make sales easy. Tasteless, forgettable mission statements don’t have the force of attracting strong customers. A company needs TWO mission statements: One for the company and one for its salespeople. AUTHENTICITY.