寫一份公司的使命宣言能夠幫助你和你的員工在共同目標(common goal)的感召下,更有激情地工作,同時有一個業(yè)績衡量(gauge performance)的基準(benchmark)。使命宣言也可以讓外界和公眾通過只言片語就對公司有一個整體印象。盡管寫使命宣言得費不少腦筋,但是擁有它真的非常必要。
人員
在起草(drafting)公司使命宣言時,應當走進不同的群體去了解,收集領導層、員工和消費者的意見,并組織一個小組集中討論收集到的各種想法,聽取各方觀點。
⊙Would you mind filling out a survey for our mission statement?
你是否介意填寫一份有關我們宣言的調查?
⊙What's your opinion of……
你對……有什么樣的想法?
⊙What do you think about our products?
你怎么看待我們的產品?
⊙When you think of our company, what comes to your mind?
提到我們公司的時候,你腦中會出現(xiàn)什么想法?
⊙Our mission statement committee is going through the ideas we've collected.
我們的宣言委員會將總結我們收集到的想法。
公司
仔細考慮公司在行業(yè)內扮演什么樣的角色(role it plays),并了解企業(yè)的歷史,做到準確定位。準確描述(pinpoint)企業(yè)的業(yè)務能力(business competencies)。企業(yè)最擅長什么?靠什么擊敗競爭對手?
⊙The purpose of company is……
公司的目標是……
⊙Our mission statement is……
我們的使命宣言是……
⊙We strive to……
我們致力于……
⊙Our vision is……
我們的愿景……
⊙Our values include……
我們的價值觀包含……
⊙We are a success driven organization.
我們是以成功為導向的組織。
⊙Our role in the community is to……我們在社會中扮演的角色是……
⊙What do we do best?
我們最擅長什么?
⊙What do we have to go over the competition?是什么讓我們在競爭中脫穎而出?
⊙How would you describe our company environment?你會如何形容我們公司的環(huán)境呢?
產品和服務
評價你們的服務和產品。使用問卷表(questionnaires),調查(poll)你們的消費者、供應商、合作伙伴以及其他的相關團體,詢問他們通過你們的產品和服務得到哪些受益。在產品和服務的未來發(fā)展方向上集思廣益。
⊙What do you think the strength of our products are?我們的產品優(yōu)勢都體現(xiàn)在哪些地方?
⊙We are the leaders in……我們在……方面領先。
⊙The polls came back with some surprising results.調查得到了一些出人意料的結果。
⊙We seek to provide a high quality working environment.我們努力提供高質量的工作環(huán)境。
⊙We will continue our efforts to……我們將一如既往地為……而努力。
價值觀(values)
你們致力于(dedicate to)發(fā)展的是什么?質量?消費者?還是成功?如果目的是為企業(yè)創(chuàng)造更多的機會,宣言就要有激勵作用(Be motivational);如果是為了讓員工和管理層有更多的認同,就應當突出共同的目標(common target)。
⊙We are dedicated to……我們致力于……
⊙We can achieve……我們可以實現(xiàn)……
⊙What we're trying to do is……我們正在努力……
⊙Our objectives are……
我們的目標是……
能見度(Visibility)
一旦宣言起草完畢,就應當放在醒目的地方(high visibility),例如大廳的墻上。總之,在人們每天都能看到并聯(lián)想到自身的地方。
A:What do you think of this mission statement?
B:At first, I just thought it was a bunch of words, but now, after seeing it everyday posted at our desks, I am starting to see how it makes a difference for our company.
A:你覺得這個使命宣言怎么樣?
B:起初我還覺得那只不過是一堆詞組而已,但是現(xiàn)在,每天看到這些貼在桌子上的話,我開始思考它對我們公司到底有什么作用。
總結
有沒有一段話能夠讓睡眼惺忪的員工為之一振?有沒有幾句話讓客戶對公司充滿信任?這就是公司宣言!宣言的起草不是一個閉門造車的過程,而應該深入各種群體,了解多方意見;要結合企業(yè)的價值取向,反映產品的特色;要表達公司所有員工的心愿和目標。滿足上述理由的使命宣言就一定是一個響亮的宣言。
Words 單詞表
achieve達到,完成,實現(xiàn)
craftsmanship手工,工藝
creativity創(chuàng)造性,創(chuàng)造力
especially特別,尤其
idealistic理想的,空想的
innovation創(chuàng)新,革新
monotony單調的,乏味的,無聊的
motivate促進,激發(fā)
neighbor鄰居
peon苦工,勞工,散工
posted張貼的
responsive反應敏捷的
role角色,作用,任務
technology技術,科技,工藝
vision視覺,方向
motivational激發(fā)性的
Phrases 短語表
core value核心價值
cutting edge尖端的,先進的
day-to-day每天的,日常的
do our jobs做我們該做的,分內的
focus on聚焦,集中于
get serious來真的,說正經的
higher purpose更高的目標
a bunch of words一堆詞組
make a difference起作用,有影響
make the world a better place讓世界更美好
out of date過時的,陳舊的
put together綜合,整理
quality of life生活質量
word something修辭,修飾
along those lines在那方面
seems a little……to me對我來說有些……
tomorrow's technology明天的/未來的技術
實景對話1
A:Our mission statement is out of date. It's time to put something new together. The management team has asked us to come up with a few ideas of what could be included in the new mission statement.
B:Really?Management actually wants our ideas for a change?I thought we were just peons.
A:Now, now……One of the values of our company is that every employee counts. That's something we believe in.In fact, I think that should be one of the core values in the mission statement.We are dedicated to providing quality service to our customers, and maintaining a company environment where every employee counts.
C:How about something like, we are dedicated to working hard so our customers don't have to. Our objectives are to provide a needed service while running a successful business.
A:Those are good ideas. What about our vision?
B:Our vision is to make money.
C:We can't say it like that. Even if it's true, that's not motivational……
B:Money motivates me……
A:Okay, let's get serious, guys. We can put those ideas in there, but we have to come up with the right way to word it. How about, we are a successdriven organization.We seek to provide a high quality working environment.We will continue our efforts to be responsive to the needs of our clients.
C:That's good. But I think we need to include more.Like, what do we have going over the competition?What do you think the strength of our products are?
A:Good thinking……We need something right along those lines.
A:我們的使命宣言過時了,應該推陳出新了。管理層讓我們提新的想法。
B:真的嗎?管理層真的要聽我們的想法而有所改變嗎?我還以為我們只是些苦力呢!
A:聽好了……我們公司的價值觀之一就是每一個人同等重要。這是我們所信奉的。事實上我相信那應該是我們宣言中的核心價值之一。我們致力于向客戶提供高品質的服務,并營造每個員工同等重要的公司氛圍。
C:看看這個聽上去怎么樣:“我們辛勤勞作是為了免去客戶的勞作之苦。我們的目標就是成功經營生意的同時提供您需要的服務。”
A:很棒。那我們的目標是什么?
B:我們的目標就是賺錢。
C:我們不能那樣說。就算是真的,那也太直白了……
B:錢激勵著我……
A:好了,大伙都認真點兒。我們可以把這些想法放進去,但是我們必須通過合適的說法表達出來。這個怎么樣:“我們是以成功為導向的公司,我們致力于提供優(yōu)質高效的工作環(huán)境,我們將繼續(xù)為滿足客戶的需求而努力?!?
C:挺好的,但我覺得應當再加些內容。例如我們如何在競爭中脫穎而出?我們的產品優(yōu)勢在哪里?
A:好主意……我們需要那樣的語句。
實景對話2
A:What do you think of this mission statement?(reading)“We are leaders in development of new technology. We have achieved a cutting edgeadvantage, and we can achieve tomorrow's technologies today.Our values include innovation, creativity, craftsmanship, and technical skill.”
B:At first, I just thought it was a bunch of words, but now, after seeing it every day posted on our desks, I am starting to see how it makes a difference for our company. I especially like the part that goes,“The purpose of our company is to make the world a better place through technology.Our role in the community is to improve the quality of life of our neighbors.”
A:That seems a little idealistic to me.
B:Yeah, you're right. It is idealistic.But it helps us have a vision and understand that the day-to-day monotony of the work we do is actually for a higher purpose. It helps to motivate us to do our jobs better.
A:You really think so?
B:Yeah, I do.
A:你覺得這個使命宣言怎么樣?(讀)“我們是新技術研發(fā)的先鋒。我們取得了顯著的優(yōu)勢,明日的科技我們今日獲取。我們的價值觀包含創(chuàng)新、創(chuàng)造、工藝和技巧?!?
B:起初我還覺得那只不過是一堆詞組而已,但是現(xiàn)在,每天看到這些貼在桌子上的話后,我開始思考它對我們公司到底有什么作用。我特別喜歡這幾句:“我們公司的目標就是通過科技讓世界更加美好,我們在社會中的作用就是提高我們身邊每一個人的生活質量!”
A:我覺得有些太理想主義了。
B:是啊,你說得對。是有些理想主義,但它讓我們擁有了一個共同的目標,并讓我們明白我們每天在做的單調工作事實上是為了一個更高遠的目標。它激勵我們把工作做得更好。
A:你真的這么想嗎?
B:是的,我是這么想的。