Comments on: Do yourself a favour – burn your mission statement! http://www.sunwords.com/2009/03/30/do-yourself-a-favour-burn-your-mission-statement/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:24:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Sunny Bindra http://www.sunwords.com/2009/03/30/do-yourself-a-favour-burn-your-mission-statement/comment-page-1/#comment-29431 Sunny Bindra Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:17:49 +0000 http://www.sunwords.com/?p=527#comment-29431 Stanley: The 'nice phraseology' disease is spreading. We are using words without meaning. We are living on the map rather than the territory. And the phrases aren't even 'nice' any more! Stanley:

The ‘nice phraseology’ disease is spreading. We are using words without meaning. We are living on the map rather than the territory. And the phrases aren’t even ‘nice’ any more!

]]> By: Stanley http://www.sunwords.com/2009/03/30/do-yourself-a-favour-burn-your-mission-statement/comment-page-1/#comment-29430 Stanley Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:22:30 +0000 http://www.sunwords.com/?p=527#comment-29430 Hi Sunny, I read most of your articles but this was just it. We are redoing our strategic plan, and I just realize we don't have a vision. We have some nice to read phraseology... thats all! Hi Sunny,

I read most of your articles but this was just it.

We are redoing our strategic plan, and I just realize we don’t have a vision.

We have some nice to read phraseology… thats all!

]]> By: Sunny Bindra http://www.sunwords.com/2009/03/30/do-yourself-a-favour-burn-your-mission-statement/comment-page-1/#comment-29423 Sunny Bindra Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:58:22 +0000 http://www.sunwords.com/?p=527#comment-29423 Wamoronjia: Parastatals are the worst offenders, producing the most banal non-statements. But many leading private firms are not far behind. Wamoronjia:

Parastatals are the worst offenders, producing the most banal non-statements. But many leading private firms are not far behind.

]]> By: wamoronjia http://www.sunwords.com/2009/03/30/do-yourself-a-favour-burn-your-mission-statement/comment-page-1/#comment-29356 wamoronjia Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:51:38 +0000 http://www.sunwords.com/?p=527#comment-29356 Hi Sunny It would be pushing it, but do you reckon any parastatal CEO read and intends to act on the fire idea? Because too many parastatals (including private companies) seem to be in a sprint to write identical mission/vision statements. Hi Sunny
It would be pushing it, but do you reckon any parastatal CEO read and intends to act on the fire idea?
Because too many parastatals (including private companies) seem to be in a sprint to write identical mission/vision statements.

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