Don Midgett
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Visionary Change and Strategic Planning Expert
Don Midgett Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Mission and Vision, Strategic Planning, Empowerment, Success Coaching, Personal Achievement
- Career Focus
- Entrepreneur, Business Owner, Author, Trainer, Workshop Leader
- Affiliation
- Aegir Systems, Inc., GenesisGroup Inc., Nikken Inc. (Independent Distributor)
Don Midgett is an authority on mission statements and vision statements; he specializes in vision driven change and the development of tools and workshops to create the required change. He is the Managing Partner of GenesisGroup Inc, a company specializing in the training and development of leaders and organizations.
During his years of strategic planning consulting with all sizes and types of businesses and organizations, Don realized that it was impossible for them to fulfill their purpose by focusing solely on how to solve current problems. His work proved a significant fact: clear and compelling mission and vision statements make it easy for a business to develop a customized strategic plan for future actions. A mission and vision driven organization accelerates its success by solving problems and making decisions based on long-term goals. This is the philosophy that underlies his latest book Mission and Vision Statements: Your Path to a Successful Business Future.
Since 1986 Don and his associates at The GenesisGroup have dedicated their expertise to helping hundreds of business owners understand how to use clear, effective mission and vision statements, success goals and strategic planning to grow their businesses. With additional skills in leadership development, strategic planning, organizational dynamics and teambuilding, The GenesisGroup has extensive experience working with government agencies, including a White House Commission for Small and Minority Businesses, new business owners, and with many privately and publicly held companies. Don personally helped a prominent government organization turn around a multi-million dollar loss in less than 12 months by implementing a vision-driven startegic planning process. Don has authored and had published over 50 articles on business, leadership, management, strategic planning and self-help.
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DISCOVER YOU - With Your Personal Mission and Vision Statements
Many of us begin the process of writing personal mission and vision statements only to find the “doing” more baffling than we had thought. Some of us opt for words that when pressed to define are just words that “sound good” or found on one of those sites that list common statements made up for anyone. No wonder frustration follows and the self work is set aside. Perhaps the best way to begin on your personal mission statement would be to acknowledge that in some way most of us serve one another. This starts the discovery of what and how we would choose to do this service.
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Why Have a Mission Statement and Vision Statement?
Martha Graham, dancer, choreographer, and foremost American pioneer of modern dance once wrote, “Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.” We have all at one time or another lost the focus of our intention for our life, our work, or our goals. Time goes by and some of us are reminded that we did at one time have dreams, we did have the time to achieve our desired future. But we did not get to that desired future.
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Mission and Vision Statements - Foundational to Successful Change
Some management tools fail to affect any change; but here is one that will if properly implemented. Mission and Vision Statements have been crafted by organizations for years. The attention to mission and vision is warranted, as studies indicate that organizations that have Mission and Vision Statements quite simply outperform those that do not. Here are a few varied snapshots to show the difference that mission and vision statements can make in your business and life: • A family-owned inn had operated for three generations without turning a profit.
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Successful Mission and Vision Statements and Why
Doug Campbell, an author and a fire systems analyst in Ventura, CA has always been a passionate man. Anyone who knows him knows that he is passionate about his time, his choices and his career in training firefighters. It did not take him long to see the importance of having a mission statement. Campbell saw the value in recognizing strengths in his organization, clarity of his purpose, and a detailed description and answer as to why he was in the business.
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7 Quick Exercises to Help You Develop a Business Mission and Vision Statement
Mission and vision statements generate a lot of attention in the business world, ever wonder why? Building a successful business is part of the motivation. After all, you should understand exactly why you are in business. Your employees should not only reflect this but deliver on that understanding and of course, the marketplace should be taking you seriously. All that from mission and vision statements you ask? Yes. Understand that developing your business mission and vision statements is your guide to accomplishing your future business success.
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Discover Yourself Through Personal Mission and Vision Statements
Many people begin the process of writing personal mission and vision statements only to find the “doing” more baffling than they had thought. Some opt for words that when pressed to define are just words that “sound good” or found on one of those sites that list common statements made up for ...
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Are You And Your Team Mission Driven?
Mission and Vision Statements have been crafted by organizations for years. Attention to mission statements and vision statements are warranted, as studies indicate that organizations having Mission and Vision Statements quite simply outperform those that do not. As an owner, manager, or ...
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Use Mission and Vision Statements for Impact, Excitement and Success
Mission and vision statements can be used in many ways and to be successful, should be used in many ways and instances. Create a mission statement that has impact; write a vision statement that excites and describes success. Read below to see how others have used these statements and how your business mission statement and written vision statement for the future can help you, either as an entrepreneur, business leader, manager or individual. For Impact: 25 years of literacyr
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Leadership and Character Are Defined in Your Personal Mission and Vision Statements
Everywhere you turn today there are businesses, schools and even churches looking seriously at their “mission” in their chosen fields and the vision of success they foresee. People are also inundated in some form with the mission statements of new products, services, entrepreneurs and politicians. Also, many colleges are requiring applicants to submit their personal mission statement and vision statement.
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Mission and Vision Statements for People Like You……
Tim Logerquist was a man with a mission. A mission to create a unified partnership with like-minded Baptist churches dedicated to advancing their collective mission under one association. It would take a clear, concise mission statement that would reflect his true purpose and engage the hearts and minds of other ministers. Lynn and Burt Smith found they had been running their network marketing business like a hobby. Mission and vision statements were needed to help them focus their planning process; to set meaningful goals, strategies and actions.
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Personal Mission Statements and Vision Statements - Empower Your Future
Whether you’re a student, family member, employee, entrepreneur or business owner -- somewhere along the way you have or will be asked to focus your interests and goals to define the direction your life will take. Many have faced this moment more than once in their lives. A change in education, marital status, job, or income can bring about real challenges in a person’s life. How to handle this change can be the beginning of understanding what is important to you, what you are meant to do, and believing what you are capable of achieving.
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Don Midgett
Without a vision, the people perish.
Mark Twain once said "the difference between the right word and the almost right word is the same as the difference between a lightening bolt and a lightening bug."
The only place success comes before work is the dictionary.
The longest word in the dictionary? SMILES - there is a mile between the first and last letter.
Are you willing to give up what you are to become what you can be?
There are two types of change: problem driven change and vision driven change - choose vision driven change.
"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light." Albert Schweitzer
Contacting Don Midgett
Don can be contacted at don@missionvisionstatement.com