Formulating Shared Vision,
Mission, Strategies, Goals
and Objectives: An Exercise
in Motivation and
Leadership.
Dr. PRAMOD B. SHRESTHA
Professor (retired) Dept. of Mechanical
Engineering
Institute of Engineering
Kathmandu, Nepal
28 June 2016
Look, look, look to the rainbow,
Follow the fellow who follows the
dream
There is no more powerful
engine driving an individual
toward excellence and longrange success than an
attractive, worthwhile and
achievable VISION of the
future, widely shared.
So what is a Vision?
 A vision is a realistic, credible,
attractive future for yourself.
 It is a proclamation of a destination
toward which you should aim, a future
that in important ways is better, more
successful, or more desirable for you
than what is current.
The core function of the vision is to
ignite you into thinking beyond the
your capabilities and the present
environment. Only a shared
vision can achieve that.
Questions to answer:
 If we could be what you wanted to be, what
would you be five years from now?
 How would you know we are there?
 What do you have to really create? What
are the things to be done?
 What would be your distinctive strength?
How do you differentiate yourselves from
others?
Pyramid of Vision, Mission, Strategies,
Goals & Objectives
Vision
Mission
Strategies
Goals
Objectives
Core elements of your strategic
planning are the vision, mission,
strategies, goals and objectives
statements.
Process of Activity Planning
Goals
1
Objectives
3.1
2
3.2
Vision
Mission
Strategies
3
1
2
3
3.3
4
3.4
5
Activities
4
What is your Mission?
Most importantly, the mission,
simply by its very existence, provides a
framework upon which you can build your
future.
VISION
Aspirations or Visionary thinking of the FUTURE, BELIEFS,
VALUES, NEW DIRECTION.
STRATEGIES
GOALS
MISSION
# Basic
Purpose
# Statement
of Role
# Translation
Of Mission in
Concrete terms.
# Directions for
Actions
(financial
Or non-financial).
# Goals are
Inter-related.
# Guidelines for
the means of
accomplishing
Goals.
# Future Plans
To achieve
Change.
# Specify how
resources are
allocated.
OBJECTIVES
And
ACTIVITIES
Concluding Statement
An essential part of the development of
your strategic vision is the development
of a strategy as your blueprint to be
able to react to unexpected situations
as well as focusing on direction/s for
change and improvement.
FACING CHANGE – THE CONCEPT OF FOUR Cs
 Paying attention to the four C’s can help us
move through the change process more
constructively.
1. CHALLENGE – See change as a challenge.
2. CONTROL – Focus on the things you can still
control, not what you cannot.
3. CONNECTIONS – Rely more on your
connections; network for support.
4. COMMITMENT – Individuals commit to change
when they see the bigger picture.
PUNCH LINE
 VISION WITHOUT ACTION IS JUST
A DREAM!
 ACTION WITHOUT WIDELY
SHARED VISION IS WORK AS
USUAL!
 WIDELY SHARED VISION WITH
ACTION CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
AND CHANGE YOU!!
God,
grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the
Difference. (Serenity Prayer)
“If our fondest prayers and dreams are not realized, then we should all
bear in mind that the greatest glory of living lies in not never falling, but
rising every time you fall.”
 You cannot force people and organizations to change. The process takes time.
It’s like the Chinese bamboo tree. You plant it, and you see nothing for
four years – a little bulb and a little shoot, and that’s it. Four years! And you
worked diligently. On the fifth year, the Chinese bamboo tree grows eighty
feet!

I HAVE A DREAM………………………….
Martin Luther King expressed his dream for
America in these words:
“ I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the
difficulties and frustrations of the moment I still
have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the
American dream.
I have a dream that one day the nation will rise
up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We
hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men
are created equal.”
I have a dream that my four children will one day
live in a nation where they will not be judged by the
color of their skin but by the content of their
character:
I have a dream today………….”
All these visions are compelling and forceful.
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