How Do You Go About Creating a Powerful Vision?
Posted on April 16, 2015 by George Maabadi, One of Thousands of Business Coaches on Noomii.
Great leaders and Strategic Business Owners know where they’re going. They have a powerful vision and you need to create one for your success.
“The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say “I.” And that’s not because they have trained themselves not to say “I.” They don’t think “I.” They think “we”; they think “team.” They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don’t sidestep it, but “we” gets the credit…. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.”-Peter Drucker
Great leaders and Strategic Business Owners know where they’re going. They have a powerful vision and you need to create one for your business if you are to be successful. How do you accomplish this?
First of all, recognize that your employees must buy into you as a leader before they buy into your vision, and they must believe and trust in you to believe and trust in your vision! To create a new vision or sharpen and update an existing one, allow yourself sufficient time – for many of you at least a month. You cannot build a vision or business on your own. For buy-in later, seek the input of others now. Include your employees, customers, suppliers, distributors and business advisers in the process. If employees do not participate in this creation phase, they will not want to participate in the vision implementation phase. While other’s input is critical, know that the buck stops with you. You are ultimately responsible for the vision of your business. Don’t underestimate the importance of creating your vision. Your vision ultimately becomes your company’s direction, objectives, priorities, strategies, and tactics. It is that magical and that important!
Dream the big dream; unleash your spirit. A bold, daring, super-sized vision, even if only partially achieved, yields greater rewards than a small, wimpy vision fully-achieved. Grab hold of the future, bring it into the present, and then go about creating it. Let your vision inspire, motivate, and fire up your team. Small visions do not stir the soul. Give people a reason to follow, something to shoot for. Make the vision intoxicating — something that captures their imagination. Aim more for their hearts than their heads. People change when their feelings change, not merely when their thoughts change. Powerful visions unite groups and take them to new heights and places.
Make coming to work a meaningful and fulfilling event for your employees. People want to work in a challenging and rewarding environment. They want to learn, grow and reach their potential – the full expression of their talent. People are drawn to great leaders, great visions and great causes!
Never lose sight of the fact that your primary responsibility as a Strategic Business Owner is LEADING!
