Do You Have A Vision?
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The more clearly detailed the vision, the more powerful it is. The more powerful the vision, the more likely it is to succeed. A well articulated vision captures the imagination.
Imagination is a key ingredient in any type of organization in that it allows creativity and innovation to take place in support of the vision. A word of caution, people do not follow your technique, they follow the vision, which has been developed by your technique. Like a good photograph, it’s not the technique used to produce a picture that captures the eye, it is the great visual result painted by the lens, which captures the emotions of the viewer.
The steps that lead to the development of a vision should be built upon the known strengths of an organization along with addressing the weaknesses that must be overcome to make the vision become a reality. Developing a “shared” vision is the best approach because it allows for everyone to more fully buy into helping to create the shared images of their collective future. People follow best that which they help create. Additionally, a shared vision helps to generate a force within an organization that is greater than the sum of the individual components or members of the organization.
A good vision of a clear idea helps organizational members act quickly and independently by giving them a shared vision of what they are trying to accomplish. A well-constructed and thought-out shared vision allows people to be acutely focused. Focus is a very important key to success. Also, the focus of a shared vision of the future with all players will enhance and support ownership by all, rather than just by a select few or the leader.
Focus and ownership are very powerful ingredients in the chaotic world in which most organizations now find themselves. In addition to focus, as a leader you must have a very good idea of what the customer wants and be able to continually and quickly make adjustments to the product or service as new customer needs or desires surface. Because circumstances change, an idea that was good yesterday may not be so good today. When this happens the leader must change or modify the idea and then get the organization working to achieve the new idea and direction. This can only be accomplished with everyone being connected within a strong information network and the leader sharing a new vision.
People desire a strong vision of where the organization is going. People want to know that they are not a member of a dead-end organization. They want to put their energies into a winning organization. People want to be proud of and feel pride in doing something that is recognized to be worthwhile. People want to make a difference, be the best, win, admired, be a top performer, serve a greater good, and be a member of an organization, which is recognized as great. Visions that embrace these themes inspire individuals and organizations to move to a higher level of performance.
My vision of the future of leadership coaching is that “leadership coaching will be viewed as important and natural in organizational life as it is in professional sports.”
Using the benefits of a group brainstorming session, develop your organizations vision statement of the future. Use what has been presented about vision as a guide and try to keep your statement to less than twenty words.
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The more clearly detailed the vision, the more powerful it is. The more powerful the vision, the more likely it is to succeed. A well articulated vision captures the imagination.
Imagination is a key ingredient in any type of organization in that it allows creativity and innovation to take place in support of the vision. A word of caution, people do not follow your technique, they follow the vision, which has been developed by your technique. Like a good photograph, it’s not the technique used to produce a picture that captures the eye, it is the great visual result painted by the lens, which captures the emotions of the viewer.
The steps that lead to the development of a vision should be built upon the known strengths of an organization along with addressing the weaknesses that must be overcome to make the vision become a reality. Developing a “shared” vision is the best approach because it allows for everyone to more fully buy into helping to create the shared images of their collective future. People follow best that which they help create. Additionally, a shared vision helps to generate a force within an organization that is greater than the sum of the individual components or members of the organization.
A good vision of a clear idea helps organizational members act quickly and independently by giving them a shared vision of what they are trying to accomplish. A well-constructed and thought-out shared vision allows people to be acutely focused. Focus is a very important key to success. Also, the focus of a shared vision of the future with all players will enhance and support ownership by all, rather than just by a select few or the leader.
Focus and ownership are very powerful ingredients in the chaotic world in which most organizations now find themselves. In addition to focus, as a leader you must have a very good idea of what the customer wants and be able to continually and quickly make adjustments to the product or service as new customer needs or desires surface. Because circumstances change, an idea that was good yesterday may not be so good today. When this happens the leader must change or modify the idea and then get the organization working to achieve the new idea and direction. This can only be accomplished with everyone being connected within a strong information network and the leader sharing a new vision.
People desire a strong vision of where the organization is going. People want to know that they are not a member of a dead-end organization. They want to put their energies into a winning organization. People want to be proud of and feel pride in doing something that is recognized to be worthwhile. People want to make a difference, be the best, win, admired, be a top performer, serve a greater good, and be a member of an organization, which is recognized as great. Visions that embrace these themes inspire individuals and organizations to move to a higher level of performance.
My vision of the future of leadership coaching is that “leadership coaching will be viewed as important and natural in organizational life as it is in professional sports.”
Using the benefits of a group brainstorming session, develop your organizations vision statement of the future. Use what has been presented about vision as a guide and try to keep your statement to less than twenty words.
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