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Leader as Agent of Vision

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Dr. Greg Waddell
Dr. Greg Waddell

The document discusses the importance of a leader formulating and communicating a compelling vision for the future that inspires and motivates others, noting that an effective vision is significant, concrete, easy to understand, and communicated through metaphors, with the leader drawing on trends, past experiences, questions, and intuition to develop a vision and then linking it to strategic planning and action.

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The Leader as Formulator & Communicator of the Vision
• What is it?
• What is it? • Why is it so important for leadership?
• What is it? • Why is it so important for leadership? • How do I get it?
What Is It? … Definition
aspirations measure hope 3 to 5 years clear Vision success How easy world road map compelling to understand change concrete terms role
Something Significant
Communicated through metaphors
It’s like making preparations for a family vacation
A longing for the Ideal
Originality
Emotional Appeal
Some Examples
A new Church will begin to arise in England. It will take the form of many single cell groups across the land, united in a common bond founded on grace and truth. No longer recognizing denominational badges, people will look to see the mark of spirit-filled faith in each other. This Church will bear all the hallmarks of an underground resistance movement. It will consist of people who “do not love their lives even unto the death.” The most powerful weapon that this army wields is love – a love that conquers all, costs all and never fails! House Church Movement, Great Britain
“To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us and to have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A."
“Make a contribution to the world by making tools for the mind that advance humankind." Apple
Why is this considered core leadership behavior?
Foresight & Servant Leadership
Lead in The Leadership
The Leadership Perspective
The Leadership Perspective Right Now
The Leadership Perspective About Now
The Leadership Perspective Now
The Leadership Now Perspective
The Leadership Now Perspective
How can I get a vision?
Reason
Culture Up A Bubble
Intuition
Prayer
What is the relationship between visioning and planning?
Trends
Emerging Issues
Wildcards
Cycles
Viewing Time as a Resource
Questions to help us make the link
Questions to help us make the link • What are appropriate structures, systems, people, and values for that future?
Questions to help us make the link • What are appropriate structures, systems, people, and values for that future? • How do they differ from the current ones.
Questions to help us make the link • What are appropriate structures, systems, people, and values for that future? • How do they differ from the current ones? • What steps are necessary to move them from here to there?
Conclusion
A blurry vision A blurry vision is not very pleasant. is not very pleasant.
The harvest is plentiful.
Action Items
Action Items  Interview people
Action Items  Interview people  Look at your past
Action Items  Interview people  Look at your past  Scan the environment
Action Items  Interview people  Look at your past  Scan the environment  Ask good questions
Action Items  Interview people  Look at your past  Scan the environment  Ask good questions  Prepare to be challenged
Action Items  Interview people  Look at your past  Scan the environment  Ask good questions  Prepare to be challenged  Write a vision statement
Action Items  Interview people  Look at your past  Scan the environment  Ask good questions  Prepare to be challenged  Write a vision statement  Do it! (II Chr 28:20)
Sources Cited Kouzes, J. M., and B. Z. Posner, The Leadership Challenge: How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995. Kilpatrick, Andrea, and Les Silverman. "The Power of Vision." Strategy & Leadership 33, no. 2 (2005): 24-26. Available at ProQuest Databases (10 February 2006). Tichy, Noel M., and Mary Anne Devanna, The Transformational Leader: The Key to Global Competitiveness. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1990. ISBN: 0-471-12726-4 Heathfield, Susan M. "Employee Empowerment." Human Resources: About, Inc, 2006. Greenleaf, Robert K. Servant Leadership: A Journey Into the Nature of Legitimate Power & Greatness. New York: Paulist Press, 2002. Reprint, 1977. Davis, Stan, Future Perfect. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1996. Ford, Leighton, Transforming Leadership: Jesus' Way of Creating Vision, Shaping Values, & Empowering Change. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1991.
Dr. Greg Waddell Professor Mid-South Christian College, Memphis, TN Email: DrGregWaddell@LeadStrategic.com Web: www.midsouthcc.org 901-3765-4400

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Leader as Agent of Vision

  • 1. The Leader as Formulator & Communicator of the Vision
  • 3. • What is it? • Why is it so important for leadership?
  • 4. • What is it? • Why is it so important for leadership? • How do I get it?
  • 5. What Is It? … Definition
  • 6. aspirations measure hope 3 to 5 years clear Vision success How easy world road map compelling to understand change concrete terms role
  • 9. It’s like making preparations for a family vacation
  • 10. A longing for the Ideal
  • 14. A new Church will begin to arise in England. It will take the form of many single cell groups across the land, united in a common bond founded on grace and truth. No longer recognizing denominational badges, people will look to see the mark of spirit-filled faith in each other. This Church will bear all the hallmarks of an underground resistance movement. It will consist of people who “do not love their lives even unto the death.” The most powerful weapon that this army wields is love – a love that conquers all, costs all and never fails! House Church Movement, Great Britain
  • 15. “To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us and to have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A."
  • 16. “Make a contribution to the world by making tools for the mind that advance humankind." Apple
  • 17. Why is this considered core leadership behavior?
  • 24. The Leadership Now Perspective
  • 25. The Leadership Now Perspective
  • 26. How can I get a vision?
  • 28. Culture Up A Bubble
  • 31. What is the relationship between visioning and planning?
  • 36. Viewing Time as a Resource
  • 37. Questions to help us make the link
  • 38. Questions to help us make the link • What are appropriate structures, systems, people, and values for that future?
  • 39. Questions to help us make the link • What are appropriate structures, systems, people, and values for that future? • How do they differ from the current ones.
  • 40. Questions to help us make the link • What are appropriate structures, systems, people, and values for that future? • How do they differ from the current ones? • What steps are necessary to move them from here to there?
  • 42. A blurry vision A blurry vision is not very pleasant. is not very pleasant.
  • 43. The harvest is plentiful.
  • 46. Action Items  Interview people  Look at your past
  • 47. Action Items  Interview people  Look at your past  Scan the environment
  • 48. Action Items  Interview people  Look at your past  Scan the environment  Ask good questions
  • 49. Action Items  Interview people  Look at your past  Scan the environment  Ask good questions  Prepare to be challenged
  • 50. Action Items  Interview people  Look at your past  Scan the environment  Ask good questions  Prepare to be challenged  Write a vision statement
  • 51. Action Items  Interview people  Look at your past  Scan the environment  Ask good questions  Prepare to be challenged  Write a vision statement  Do it! (II Chr 28:20)
  • 52. Sources Cited Kouzes, J. M., and B. Z. Posner, The Leadership Challenge: How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995. Kilpatrick, Andrea, and Les Silverman. "The Power of Vision." Strategy & Leadership 33, no. 2 (2005): 24-26. Available at ProQuest Databases (10 February 2006). Tichy, Noel M., and Mary Anne Devanna, The Transformational Leader: The Key to Global Competitiveness. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1990. ISBN: 0-471-12726-4 Heathfield, Susan M. "Employee Empowerment." Human Resources: About, Inc, 2006. Greenleaf, Robert K. Servant Leadership: A Journey Into the Nature of Legitimate Power & Greatness. New York: Paulist Press, 2002. Reprint, 1977. Davis, Stan, Future Perfect. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1996. Ford, Leighton, Transforming Leadership: Jesus' Way of Creating Vision, Shaping Values, & Empowering Change. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1991.
  • 53. Dr. Greg Waddell Professor Mid-South Christian College, Memphis, TN Email: DrGregWaddell@LeadStrategic.com Web: www.midsouthcc.org 901-3765-4400