Ever wondered why it is so difficult to articulate vision, mission and then stick to it for long. If you' have made a website for yourself ever, you know it partly, as making a website is equally difficult. Most of the time we outgrow our own vision pretty fast, or it alters or we lose steam.

But the good news is that your team members are more forgiving than you think. They don't much care about your visions that change with every new consultant passing by. On vision, teams are happy that you have one and that consultants consume most of your time.

Instead, they worry about your value system, no not the one you talk about, but the ones they see you practicing. Most part of work experience for professionals is effected less by what you declare but more by how management behaves. And behaviors are highly influenced by values. Purists can argue that Vision leads to values, well may be, but values can also stand on their own. To live values, vision is not an essential condition, trust me its good news, makes things simple.

Try this, no matter what your vision is or mission is, think about 5 things that you call your values, personal extendable to the enterprise you are creating. Thats how you take decisions, thats your "How" part of achieving whatever you are set for. Since values are close guides for decision making, team can use this clarity very effectively in their day to day work life. Over time, it will bring consistency in your manager's decisions and you'll see less normalizations happening.

So starting point is values. And you can forever with them.