What's your Mission and Vision?

Mission and Vision.

I've heard the words, I've read a few, but does itreally make a differencehaving a Mission and Vision? They're easy enough to ignore, put off for another time or not to bother with and, let's face it, someone else can deal with it...

So when a conversation I had with someone about how their personal values fitted with their organisations' values, it prompted me to look again at what Mission and Vision statements are all about. What I realised was that the more meaningful these are to each person, the more value they provide. And it doesn't just have to be the Mission and Vision for an organisation, a department, a team, an individual could also gain from having a clear and common understanding.