From Good to Great: Mission, Vision and Goals

Goal setting is nothing new for boards or executive committees. It requires vision and communicating that vision to motivate others to follow.

Jaclyn Rosenthal, Delta Delta Delta, University of Pennsylvania Panhellenic Council president, shared her goals for the upcoming term. For one, she wants to increase communication with sororities on campus. You can read more about her goals online.

Like Jaclyn and all the leaders in College and Alumnae Panhellenics, the NPC Executive Committee has established goals for the biennium:

1. Execute the 2013-15 strategic plan.
2. Review our tenets and affirm our standards.
3. Enhance advocacy efforts.
4. Foster relationships and education among stakeholders.
5. Share our truth/shape our message.
6. Encourage exemplary Panhellenic communities.

During the coming months, we will work toward these goals using new initiatives and new approaches. The Executive Committee looks forward to updating our constituents on the progress that we make along the way. Ultimately, we envision elevating NPC to yet another level of importance and significance. This means shaping our message and enlisting those in our NPC family, College and Alumnae Panhellenic leaders and campus colleagues as our brand ambassadors to spread the word.

Our Executive Committee and board meetings begin with reading the NPC mission and vision. Many Panhellenics recite the Panhellenic creed as the first agenda item. This provides focus for our work. It allows us to direct our efforts along the continuum of good to great, or from a large women’s organization to “the premier advocacy and support organization for the advancement of the sorority experience.”

“Good to Great” author Jim Collins addresses the essence of leadership as it pertains to greatness. He says, “Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.”

In NPC, we have opportunities to make an impact this year. It starts here and now with our mission, vision and goals.