As we note on our web site, writing a good mission statement is challenging... but do-able. The main difficulty for most people seems to be narrowing ideas down from the very broad and general to something that is focused and realistic, yet captures passion and provides leadership.
Good software, provided by people who understand the process of capturing your vision of the future, focusing it into a mission for the present, identifying your goals for success, and shaping the family and family business with the core values that guide you.. well, it didn't exist - or we hadn't found it!
Until we discovered Mission Expert, created and produced by Kinetic Wisdom, a group of people who really do understand the process... they walk the walk as well as talk the talk.
Mission Expert's core function and related tutorial guide you through the mission creation process and use well-engineered software to prompt you for your thoughts and ideas. The output is a draft mission statement that has captured and started to organize what is relevant to your family or organization. You'll find it easy to polish up the finished product in your word processor.
Even though your mission statement should reflect your thoughts and values, the reality is that many of us feel more comfortable if we can start by seeing examples of what others have adopted as their mission statement.
Mission Expert has a real nifty component to help you here... tell it what industry you're interested in, hit a button, and Mission Expert's Mission Finder goes out to the Internet to search and bring back actual mission statements. The way it helps you brainstorm and research is more than worth the entire cost of the software!
Another feature we like is the way Kinetic Wisdom has scaled the package so that you only buy the functions that you need. Mission Expert is offered on 3 levels. A team of 1 only needs the Mission Creation Process, Mission Statement Creator and Mission Finder to produce superb results. A larger organization working in a small team will benefit by adding the Mission Creation Facilitator Guide, Meeting Templates and Meeting Checklist. Larger teams and organizations that are also working on Visioning will also benefit by adding Visioning Workshop Support, the Visioning Facilitator Guide, Visioning Workshop Presentations and the Vision Collector Utility. There's something for every size and project.
Bottom line, we are business consultants so value is a ways a factor for us. And Mission Expert provides excellent value. The clear and simple structure, easy process, input prompts and no learning curve all mean productivity - you'll actually enjoy this tool! And when you see the cost... well, you'll see why we think it provides excellent value.
Check Mission Expert out for yourself....
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