My friend Glenn Smith is the founder of New Church Initiatives and a certified Growth Coach. This little snippet came through my e-mail from him:
"Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality." - Warren G. Bennis
Great leaders create the destiny and direction for their companies that motivates their team to pursue. Powerful visions galvanize groups and take them to new places and heights.
- FedEx had a vision for overnight, guaranteed next morning package delivery.
- Dominoes had a vision to deliver quality, hot pizza to your door in 30 minutes or less or it's free.
- Coke had a vision to have a refreshing beverage within the reach of every person around the world.
- Microsoft had a vision to create beneficial software that would compel people to have a computer on every desk at work, home or school.
- M.D. Anderson has a vision to make cancer history.
- Disney had a vision to put a smile on the face of every guest and to make families smile.
Your vision is your MVP ... Most Valuable Property. Realize that your vision has a cascading effect on everything else in your organization. Cloudy visions foster blurred and confusing priorities, employees, and disappointing results. Sharp visions foster clarity and powerful momentum.
Are you spending enough time creating and implementing your vision?