....Mission Statement...?

I read this on a web site (corporate technologies/Careers) that spoke to how they feel about hiring IT staffers: "People are our most important asset. We invest in this resource by encouraging and rewarding superior expertise, professional development, and thorough training. And we provide all employees equal opportunity for advancement and personal achievement.
We attract the best and the brightest IT, sales, support, and general business people to help our clients tap the power of technology to drive their business success. And we provide a collaborative climate that encourages professional growth. Engineers, for example, even though they may concentrate their work in one area, receive cross training in others. And their assignments are balanced between doing product research and testing, implementation, and initial assessments at clients.
We encourage our employees to become an instrumental part of a dynamic team of smart, innovative, highly motivated professionals working in a highly collaborative, consultative environment and helping clients meet their toughest IT challenges."

I thought WOW, what a place to work! Then I thought-- with a little effort our "sales" pitch here might read something like this.... People are our most important asset. We invest in this indispensable resource by encouraging and rewarding superior expertise, professional development, and thorough training. We provide all employees equal opportunity for advancement and personal achievement. We attract the best and the brightest IT people to help our Agency tap the power of technology to drive Conservation success. We provide a collaborative climate that encourages professional growth. We encourage our employees to become an instrumental part of a dynamic team of smart, innovative, highly motivated professionals working in a highly collaborative, consultative environment and helping Conservation Employees meet their toughest IT challenges.

Sounds nice...but I think we might be missing a couple of things to make this a reality... 1) Realism --about who and WHAT we really are TODAY and; 2) all the pieces to make such a statement an honest reflection.

A statement like the above is a two way street...the company AND the employees. One side cannot make the statement true without the other doing their part. While the "company" can provide opportunities, etc...the employees must be dedicated, professionals also. One is not true without the other.

Are we there yet? No, I don't think so, but we could be...and I WANT to be. I'm planning to do what I can to see it happen.....are you? ....see any ties to the "Good to Great"...?

TAFN