Jennifer Simonson is a business journalist with a decade of experience covering entrepreneurship and small business. Drawing on her background as a founder of multiple startups, she writes for Forbes ...

Corporate mission statements often fall short when it comes to influencing day-to-day behavior within organizations.

When any organization is beginning, one of the most important steps is to create a clear, coherent mission statement. This statement should define the purpose of the organization, the main ideals that ...

You likely have a company mission statement, a short declaration of your organization’s purpose. Tesla’s mission statement, for example, is “To accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

A program (e.g., department, school, or program) mission statement includes a description of the broad purposes the program is aiming to achieve, the primary functions or activities of the program or ...