March 11, 2020
“Mission, Vision, Objective, Strategy and Tactics” podcast edition
Sent by Jonathan Stark on March 11th, 2020
A while back, you might have received from a message from me in which I tried to define the differences and interplay between five commonly misused terms:
- Mission
- Vision
- Objective
- Strategy
- Tactics
In response to that message, Mike Bird and Lisa Petkovsek invited me to join them as a guest on The Career Builders Podcast to have a more in depth discussion about these topics. You can check it out here:
Even though I normally talk about building a business and not career building, it turns out that there is a lot of useful overlap between the two when it comes to these high level terms.
Talking Points
- From software developer to value based pricing entrepreneur, coach & author
- How value based pricing can help you
- Defining Mission, Vision, Objectives, Strategy, & Tactics
- Mission and Vision are related and similar but different - long-term
- The difference between objectives, strategy & tactics - short or mid-term
- Your objectives and strategy shouldn’t change much, your tactics can change often
- Use your strategy as a compass for your tactic choices
- The Star Wars example
- Creating a mission and vision for your career
- How your values play into the conversation
- When looking for a company, find one who’s mission and vision excites you and aligns with your values
- How to Jonathan uncovered his mission
- Your mission will just hit you if you’re looking for it
- It may require a major shift to get there, but there is usually a through-line
- Step 1: figure out what you’re trying to do; this becomes your compass
- Jeff Bezos - 3 kinds of employment: a job, a career, a calling
- Taking a risk - you’re not going to get eaten by a tiger (probably)
- “Do what you love and the money will follow”
What do you think?
If you have a chance to listen to the show and have any feedback or questions, please reply to this message and let me know :)
Yours,
—J