The Performance Resource Center
Vision Statement Examples: Whole Foods
"Whole Foods Market is a dynamic leader in the quality food business. We are a mission-driven company that aims to set the standards of excellence for food retailers. We are building a business in which high standards permeate all aspects of our company. Quality is a state of mind at Whole Foods Market.
Vision Statement Examples: SpaceX
"The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets."
Vision Statement Examples: Amazon
"Our vision is to be Earth's most customer centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online.
Vision Statement Examples: Tesla
"To create the most compelling car company of the 21st century by driving the world’s transition to electric vehicles."
Vision Statement Examples: Salesforce
"We’re the #1 CRM platform that’s bringing artificial intelligence to everyone.
Vision Statement Examples: Creative Commons
"Our vision is nothing less than realizing the full potential of the Internet — universal access to research and education, full participation in culture — to drive a new era of development, growth, and productivity".
Mission Statement Examples: Coca-Cola
"To refresh the world. To inspire moments of optimism and happiness. To create value and make a difference."
Lego's Mission and Vision Sets the Bar
Lego's Mission & Vision statements are exemplary. It should be no surprise that their history is one of incredible resilience and innovation, or that they are driven by a such clear vision and mission. Play Well.
Core Value Examples: Slack
Slack's core values are discussed in George Anders' recent article in Forbes.
The 5 Dimensions of Team Experience and What Motivates People to Deliver Above and Beyond
The results of a 23,000 employee study spanning 45 different countries show that there are 5 things that motivate people (and teams) above and beyond their goals and objectives to deliver on their mission (aka "discretionary effort").
My #Everyday Habits in ResultMaps
I track my habits in ResultMaps using the #everyday tag to tell ResultMaps to create an action item for the habit each day. Our team will be sharing the habits we track in this series. Here are mine.
More Data on the Evolution of Team and Culture From MIT's Digital Business Study
MIT's Sloan School of Business published data in their 2016 Digital Business Study that reinforces the idea that organizations are evolving into more self-directed, high-performing, data-driven teams.
#HighFives Build Strong Teams - It's Science
UC Berkely's Dacher Keltner sampled NBA games and counted "high fives". Science rocks. And, so do high fives if you are a team wanting to collaborate more effectively.
Project meetings made short, sweet and productive.
The No-Frills Daily 'Stand-up'
This structure is appropriate when your meeting is made up of your team for a project or initiative that is underway (not one where you are kicking off an effort, or introducing a concept). Typically it's done daily, you can use the same format for a weekly meeting, though you'll want to extend the time limits outlined below.