Traditional mission statements focus on the company, not the customer. To create a more customer-centric organization, start with changing your mission statement by giving it an external focus. While ...

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While it’s not a requirement for a business to have a mission statement, a company that takes the time to create one is able to communicate the organization’s purpose and values to all shareholders, ...

Recent studies have shown that meaningfulness impacts job satisfaction more than any other aspect of work – including pay, job conditions and opportunities for advancement. We humans want to know that ...

Carolinas HealthCare System in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday unveiled new mission and vision statements. The health system said the new statements “reinforce the importance of the organization’s role in ...

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