Hey Leader – Got Vision?

NOTE from Phil: Today I’m sharing a guest post from Mike Myatt, author of the fantastic new book Hacking Leadership. I’ve known and respected Mike for a very long time, so I’m glad to be able to re-introduce him to you and share his new book with you. Enjoy?! Hey Leader – Got Vision? Visioning for leaders is a topic that I address in my new book Hacking Leadership and I believe it is a message that is often taken far too lightly by chief executives or any leader. A leader’s ability to perform effectively is so closely tied to their ability to form a clearly articulated vision, evangelize the vision and then to execute on their vision, that no real discussion on executive leadership should take place without an emphasis on vision. Put simply, I believe that leadership absent vision is a train-wreck waiting to happen. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that you simply cannot decouple the two without causing an organizational implosion. I’d like to share a few brief thoughts on visioning for leaders… Examine any list of great leaders and you’ll find that to the one, they have a clarity and purpose of vision. The good news is that leaders without vision will take care of themselves in short order, as they simply won’t survive for long. However worse than the leader with no vision, is a leader with the wrong vision. These leaders can often go undiscovered for great lengths of time before their poorly constructed vision bubbles-up to t...
Source: Phil Gerbyshak - Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tags: Leadership Source Type: blogs