corporate education. learn. grow. succeed. instructor: beverly collins parnell class three date:...
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Corporate Education. Learn. Grow. Succeed.
Instructor: Beverly Collins ParnellClass Three
Date: Winter 2012
• What is your Leadership Legacy?• What’s the purpose of vision and mission?• How can you evaluate a mission statement?• Why is this important to our work as leaders?
• Your legacy will be revealed in how your colleagues, employees and others think and behave as a result of the time they spent with you.• Leave a legacy that reflects your best qualities!
• Ambassador• Advocate• People Mover• Truth-seeker• Creative Builder• Experienced Guide
• Vision = • What is the future you want to create?
• Mission = • What do we do? • For whom do we do it? • What is the impact? • Our mission is what we do best every day, and our
vision is what the future looks like because we do that mission exceedingly well.
• For VISION —– think: leading with inspiration and courage, obsessed with future possibility
• Vision is one of the least understood - and most overused - terms in the language...when you have superb alignment, a visitor could drop into your organization from another planet and infer the vision without having to read it on paper." -- Jim Collins, Author of Built to Last and Good to Great
• 1. Builds a bridge from present to future• 2. Molds meaning• 3. Attracts commitment
The City of Tacoma is recognized as a livable and progressive international city, regarded for the richness of its multi-
cultural population and its natural setting.
• A mission statement is a statement of the purpose of a company or organization. The mission statement should guide the actions of the organization, spell out its overall goal, provide a path, and guide decision-making. It provides "the framework or context within which the company's strategies are formulated."[
• A Mission Statement is defined as, “a long awkward sentence that demonstrates management’s inability to think clearly.” All good companies have one.- The Dilbert Principle
• Video Clip: Ugly Sweaters
• Unity & purpose• Focus• Motivator
• Increases everyone’s understanding of the goals & objectives
• Clarifies major concepts• Improves day-to-day
focus & day-to-day consistency
• Builds shared values & beliefs among all levels of people
• Communicates intentions to customers & employees
• Provides framework for decision making
• Purpose and aim(s) of the organization• The organization's primary stakeholders:
clients/customers, shareholders, etc.• How the organization provides value to these
stakeholders, for example by offering specific types of products and/or services
Mission Statement-We provide high-quality, innovative and cost-effective municipal services that enhance the lives of our citizens and the vitality of our neighborhoods and businesses through teamwork, integrity and
continuous improvement in partnership with our community.
• Our Mission• Tacoma Public Utilities provides services that are vital to our
quality of life.
• What 3 things stood out most for you today?
• Review Homework Assignment Due Week Four
• Break into your groups to work on team presentations on leadership articles for week four.
• Team project leader: confirm final project topic with instructor today.
• Team One• Kirk S• Mike Reece• Mike Robinson• Bill U• Jon B
• Team Two• Melanie P• Charlotte C• Lynn B• Barb N• Josh N
• Team Three• Darren H• Rick F• Jim F• Steve S• Bill L
• Team Four• Kari H• Lori D• Travis D• Curt O• Justin F
• Team One• Irina K• Linda L• Carmen T• Trent H• Craig W
• Team Two• Mike D• Jim U• Robert G• Kurt F• Derrick W
• Team Three• Troy I• Tom S• Pat L• Justin A• Marie C
• Team Four• Rachel A• Mike A• Steve W• Rich W• Shane S