Mission, Strategy, and Tactics

Mission, Strategy, and Tactics
By Thomas Lee Abshier, ND
9/15/2023

to: Coalition Cells
re: Integration of Mission, Strategy, and Tactics into the flow of achievement

Mission, strategy, and tactics are interconnected components of achieving goals and objectives. Here’s a breakdown of their relationship:

1. Mission: The mission is the overarching purpose or long-term objective of an individual, organization, or entity. It defines the fundamental reason for existence and provides a guiding principle for decision-making and actions. The mission statement outlines what needs to be accomplished and often reflects the core values and vision of the entity.

2. Strategy: Strategy is the plan or approach designed to achieve the mission. It involves high-level decisions and actions aligning resources, capabilities, and activities to accomplish specific objectives. Strategies provide a roadmap for achieving long-term goals by outlining the direction to take, competitive positioning, target markets, and value proposition.

3. Tactics: Tactics are the specific actions and maneuvers implemented to execute the strategy effectively. They are the practical steps used to achieve short-term objectives and milestones. Tactics are more detailed and focused on the immediate or operational level, involving specific activities, resources, timelines, and measurable outcomes.

In summary, the mission provides the overarching purpose, the strategy outlines the approach to achieve the mission, and tactics are the specific actions taken to implement the strategy and accomplish short-term objectives. Together, mission, strategy, and tactics form a hierarchy of planning and execution that guides individuals and organizations toward their desired outcomes.

A STRATEGY statement is best formatted as:

1. I (We) will achieve (the goal of the mission, to reform, eliminate, escalate, etc.) _______, by (doing, enforcing, eliminating, streamlining, etc.) _________.   OR, the inverse…
2. By doing ________, we will achieve _________.
3. By not doing XYZ, we will not achieve ABC.

• The STRATEGY/Solution to solving the problem/achieving the goal/MISSION should be brief.
• Amplify with examples or subordinate TACTICS.
• People at the cell level MUST be able to recite the MISSION and STRATEGY(s) from a 3 x 5 card.

Members of each Coalition Cell may have ideas (Strategies and Tactics) for achieving the Mission of Making America Godly Again/Bringing the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.  Many sub-missions constitute the larger mission. Each element of the Mission solution is a step/part/aspect of bringing the Kingdom of Heaven to Earth strategy. Examples of the smaller elements involved in achieving the mission include:

• Eliminate homeless
• independence from foreign resources
• Self Sufficient manufacturing base
• High level of literary and capability to
• Elimination of drug and alcohol addiction
• Preventive, restorative/curative-focused Health Care
• etcetera

The strategy and tactics for solving each of these issues may be legislative, business establishment, candidacy for government leadership, building infrastructure, basic and problem-oriented research, training in skills to execute tasks, etc.

Committees may form within the Coalition cells to develop solutions (achieve the mission and sub-missions). At meetings/zooms or over media/email/blog posts, the committees may speak/write/present their solutions to the larger membership for support and feedback/modification. The proposed solutions (strategy and tactics) to solve the problems (achieve the mission) will mature through iterations of development, presentation, and feedback.

Upon adopting strategies and tactics to solve a problem, the Coalition Cell will attempt enrollment of support from other Coalition Cells via the short summaries of the strategy (as above), plus additional elaboration in a white paper describing the problem, its context, high-level solution/strategy, and the low-level/procedural/sub-step tactics.

The other Coalition Cells may examine the proposal by committees interested in this area/topic of problem-solving. The committees may present their opinions and recommend supporting, modifying, or opposing the proposal to the larger Coalition Cell membership.

The Coalition leaders will present their positions at the Coalition of Coalitions meetings. The Coalition of Coalitions will be composed of 150 Coalition Cell leaders. The Coalition of Coalitions will examine the proposals and refer them to the next layer of Coalitions to the point of being approved and introduced to the legislators, administrators, and judges for adoption as official government policy.