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The Leadership Excellence Series
Leadership with (en)vision
Vision: an experience of seeing someone or something in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition.
Envision: imagine as a future possibility; visualize.
What:Idealized future goalsShared cherished end valuesA mental model of futureRealistic credible, attractive
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What Is a Vision?
Enlist
Embody
Evaluate
Empower
Encourage2
Purpose of en-Vision
Clear
Challenging
General
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Characteristics of a Vision Statement
People-oriented
Inspiring
Easily communicated
Vision statements are:
Is what I want what they want? Where could we make a difference? What could we do together? What do you want to do in the future? Would people get excited about it? Is there anything missing?
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Crafting a Vision StatementWoodrow Wilson once said, “The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.”
Be a leader not a manager
Inform and educate
Create education opportunities
Help shape the environment
Build a high trust culture
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Working towards a Vision Statement
Involve Team Members
Explain how vision addresses status quo’s short comings.
A plan of action for realizing vision Repeatedly remind them with enthusiasm and
passion Show: Be a role model
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Communicating a Vision:The credible leader learns how to discover and communicate the shared values and vision
Help the Team Embrace the Vision
Walt Disney : Idea of Disneyland is a simple one
It will be a place for people to find happiness and knowledge.
Parents and children to spend pleasant times.
Older generation can recapture the nostalgia of days gone by.
Dedicated to dreams and hard facts that have created America.
Martin Luther King: I have a dream
a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
Truth that all men are created equalMississippi will be oasis of freedom and
justice.Judged by content of character
There is no more powerful engine driving an There is no more powerful engine driving an organization toward excellence and long-range organization toward excellence and long-range
success than an attractive, worthwhile, and success than an attractive, worthwhile, and achievable vision of the future, widely shared.achievable vision of the future, widely shared.
——BURT NANUS, Visionary LeadershipBURT NANUS, Visionary Leadership
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Conclusion
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