Today’s professional organizations need more than compelling products or services to succeed. A clear purpose is also necessary. Mission statements, vision statements, and core values provide that ...

Embracing Entrepreneurship columnist Dr. Peter Weinstein is a leader, disruptor and change agent through his three companies: PAW Consulting, Simple Solutions for Vets and Veterinary Ownership ...

In a previous blog, I provided an overview of strategic planning processes, including six core elements essential to any successful strategic plan. The six core elements are as follows: Vision Mission ...

Why Psychologists Haven’t Agreed on the Basic Human Values—Until Now Personality traits are stable patterns in the way we think, feel, and behave (Johnson, 1997, p. 74). In a previous PT post, I ...

The University of Notre Dame has reinstated “Catholic Mission” among its staff values after it opted to drop the language in an effort to reprogram the school’s Catholic identity as overarching. In a ...

Here’s how to create a concise explanation of your company’s objectives that helps develop a roadmap to achieve them. A mission statement serves as a clear and concise articulation of the company’s ...

Marking the start of the fall 2025 semester at Luther College, President Brad Chamberlain introduced a new college mission statement, along with supporting identity, vision and values statements, to ...

To empower the Purdue University community with innovative and reliable technologies that foster a proactive and collaborative approach to student success. We are dedicated to the effective management ...

In 2008, Kevin Body was lost. After several years serving in various fire departments in Washington and Colorado, he received a promotion to the training division. There was only one problem: He had ...

When I ran into a former client at the grocery store, and asked him how things were going, I expected some polite small talk. Instead, what he said blew my mind. The guy (let’s call him Jim) was an ...

Let’s call it what it is: organizational theater. Enormous time and energy go into crafting the perfect string of aspirational words, but rarely are those words embedded into actual behaviors, ...