A clear and compelling vision for a leaders is of vital importance. A real vision statement reveals his core reason for existence—his purpose, mission and focuses.
A real vision statement provides broad guidelines for how to proceed in fulfilling your mission, and a real vision statement offers clear pictures of what success looks like.
I always tell my mentees and trainees to fulfill those three elements to build a compelling vision:
- Significant purpose: It answers the question “Why?” rather than just explaining what you do.
Great leaders have a deep and noble sense of purpose that inspires excitement and commitment. a great leader like Gandhi or Mother Teresa or MLK .. had a life vision, it lasts even after they died. When work is meaningful and connected to what we truly desire, we are able to unleash a productive and creative power we never imagined.
- A picture of the future: What will the future look like if you are living according to your vision? A picture of the end result should not be vague. It should be something you can actually see…… Your picture should focus on the end result, not the process for getting there.
I would advise you to respond to your learning style while creating this picture, most people are visual, consider that if you want share it with others, but some others are just auditive or kinesthetic. the more you respond to your learning style the more you feel it, each time you see it in your mind or read it. you create kind of ancrage to your mind and it’s very powerful.
- Clear values: How do you want people to behave when they are working according to your purpose and on your picture of the future? Values provide guidelines on how you should proceed as you pursue your purpose and picture of the future. They answer the questions, “What do I want to live by?” and “How?” They need to be clearly described so you know exactly what behaviors demonstrate that the value is being lived. They need to be consistently acted on or they are only good intentions…….
Research shows that people can’t focus on more than three or four values or those values will not really have an impact on behavior. Also, values must be rank ordered to be effective. because , life is about value conflicts. When these conflicts arise, people need to know which value they should focus on.
A vision is compelling when it helps people understand what they’re really in, provides a picture of the desired future, and offers value guidelines that help people make daily decisions.
A real vision statement provides broad guidelines for how to proceed in fulfilling your mission, and a real vision statement offers clear pictures of what success looks like.
I always tell my mentees and trainees to fulfill those three elements to build a compelling vision:
- Significant purpose: It answers the question “Why?” rather than just explaining what you do.
Great leaders have a deep and noble sense of purpose that inspires excitement and commitment. a great leader like Gandhi or Mother Teresa or MLK .. had a life vision, it lasts even after they died. When work is meaningful and connected to what we truly desire, we are able to unleash a productive and creative power we never imagined.
- A picture of the future: What will the future look like if you are living according to your vision? A picture of the end result should not be vague. It should be something you can actually see…… Your picture should focus on the end result, not the process for getting there.
I would advise you to respond to your learning style while creating this picture, most people are visual, consider that if you want share it with others, but some others are just auditive or kinesthetic. the more you respond to your learning style the more you feel it, each time you see it in your mind or read it. you create kind of ancrage to your mind and it’s very powerful.
- Clear values: How do you want people to behave when they are working according to your purpose and on your picture of the future? Values provide guidelines on how you should proceed as you pursue your purpose and picture of the future. They answer the questions, “What do I want to live by?” and “How?” They need to be clearly described so you know exactly what behaviors demonstrate that the value is being lived. They need to be consistently acted on or they are only good intentions…….
Research shows that people can’t focus on more than three or four values or those values will not really have an impact on behavior. Also, values must be rank ordered to be effective. because , life is about value conflicts. When these conflicts arise, people need to know which value they should focus on.
A vision is compelling when it helps people understand what they’re really in, provides a picture of the desired future, and offers value guidelines that help people make daily decisions.