Values, Vision, & Mission Statements Section 3-2

NAVAA2 A Hierarchal Process Identify core values. Create a shared vision of a successful future. Develop an overarching mission statement. –Your state team activities are only a beginning. –These three guiding statements must be developed and validated with input from the field.

NAVAA3 Vision Statement (Section 3-3 and T3-4)) Your vision is “your shared image of a successful future.” Should be inspiring, aspiring and motivating. –How do you want your state to be different? –What will “success” look like?

NAVAA4 Mission Statement (Sections 3-4 and T3-6) The mission statement clearly and succinctly identifies what the agency is and why it exists….A mission serves as a reminder to the public and agency personnel of the unique purposes promoted and served by the agency.

NAVAA5 Mission Statement (cont.) Explain why the organization exists. Describe services and possibly products. Identify clients or consumers. Clarify roles and functions of the organization and its key components and personnel.

NAVAA6 Values Statement (Sections 3-2 and T3-2) What do we believe? What do we stand for? What drives your planning process? Your values statement will help put into words the intangible nature of what your state strategic planning process wants to represent.

NAVAA7 Utilizing the Affinity Diagram Process (T2-35) Individual worksheet to identify key issues for shared values. Write key issues on sticky notes. Facilitator will help arrange issues into similar groups, with group consensus. Summarize groups or categories. Utilize summarized phrases to create your draft values statement.