Therefore, whereas the school principal, for example, must avoid imposing a prepared mission statement on the teachers for ratification by them, he or she must have developed a clearly thought out position from which to contribute, unhesitatingly and convincingly, to the discussion. Perhaps the leader can do nothing more important in empowering teachers to create a process for forging and reworking the vision, or mission, of school than to signal that this process is not only important but also acceptable