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In keeping with the Jim Collins theme, let's talk about goals.  Before Collins wrote Good to Great (one of my favorite books, and the best book on leadership that I have ever read) he wrote another well-received book called Built to Last.  In Built to Last, Collins and his researchers looked at seminal organizations in America, and how they became so successful.  One of the findings was that great companies set BHAGs or, Big Hairy Audacious Goals.

So, what is the Mississippi Teacher Corps' BHAG?  Easy.  We set it at the last reunion, which was in 2005:

MTC's goal is to become the best alternate-route teacher training program in the country in the next five years.

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

Jim Collins

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

Jim Collins