Impact of Vision on Leadership

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 Impact of Vision on Leadership

Vision clarifies purpose, it gives direction to the leader and empowers the leader beyond his or her assets. It doesn't allow you live by what you don't have, else you will never rise up to what you don't have. 

When you don't have a defined path, it means vision is lacking because vision charts your path. Having a vision places a purpose on your goal setting activities. I am sure most of you already know this but today l will be discussing the impact of  vision on leadership.



VISION is the wheel that drives a leader into uncharted territory that he or she would never had imagined accessing on his/her own and determines your speed in life. Let us consider some of the benefits vision impacts on a leader using the acronym FAR:

1. F- FOCUS

Cultivating a triad of awareness as a leader; inward focus, focus on others helps a leader cultivate emotional intelligence which is an ingredient needed for outstanding achievement. Focusing outward will help make strategy and innovation.

Focus is so important because it is the gateway to all thinking, perception, memory, learning, reasoning, problem solving and decision making. Without good focus all aspect of your ability to think will suffer.

When you know where you are going to, you automatically know the road that won't take you there and you eliminate wasting time and resources on things that are not needed for the journey. The team will have to be aligned with the vision if you must travel with them.  You cannot lead others if you are not sure of where you should be headed.

Understand that you need to be ahead of the team while carrying them along.

2. A- AUDACITY

When you have an audacious vision as a leader, it becomes fuel for you and the team to take giant strides and put power to your strategy. 

You must paint a picture of the new future to the team, such that captures their imagination and at the same time presents for them a significant stretch goals. The team will not build capacity to stretch when this is lacking.   

3.R-  RESILIENCE

A  compelling image presented to the team will get them thinking, brainstorming and maybe even afraid. you mustn't  allow the seemingly daunting journey ahead of the team scare them.

 People of no vision for their lives throw off restraints. You must help the team understand that the challenges that will be encountered is not meant to bury them but to make them better. 

a. Set brave goals

b. Encourage responsible risk that is supervised

c. Model learning from mistakes

d. Build support systems

e. Keep the pictures of the new future always in front of the team

Make values your building blocks and don't deviate from the vision. Plans may change, but keep the vision alive in front of the team.

Quitters don't finish the race and as such have no medal as a reward.

See you soon in our next episode on Vision-based Leadership.


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