Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Micah is a Boston-based founder-strategist covering entrepreneurship Any business with goals needs a destination—the ultimate ...

Strong organizations always have a purpose—something promising and unique that attracts employees, customers and investors. There are many different methods for tangibly declaring this purpose. Some ...

Crafting clear mission and vision statements is critical to shaping company identity, motivating employees and guiding decision-making. A mission statement defines the current scope and purpose of the ...

Missouri State University has launched a new strategic plan called "Igniting Opportunity." It emphasizes integrating the university's public affairs mission across the curriculum. The university also ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo and the Zoological Society of Milwaukee unveiled a new strategic plan for the zoo. The new mission, vision, and plan focus on improving the zoo in not only how it takes care ...

UAB’s new strategic plan for 2024-2028, Forging Ahead, outlines our mission, vision, values, peers, foundations and pillars, as well as outlines institutional goals, strategies to achieve them and ...

Multnomah County recently unveiled a new seven-sentence declaration on its vision, mission and values for which it paid $250,000. Officials framed the updated description of the county’s mission and ...

Harvard Divinity School began operating under a new mission statement last month for the first time since 2008 — the only concrete change immediately resulting from a yearlong strategic planning ...