Three Reasons Why Visionary Leaders Succeed

by Kathy Seaton

By Patricia Bravo, MBA

It’s almost the end of the day, you barely had time to grab lunch and you’re culling through your email looking for urgent items to address. You notice a request from your boss asking for your outline in preparation for the upcoming strategic planning session your team will be attending. It would be easy to recycle last year’s agenda and send it off to her so you can get back to getting your email down to a manageable volume. You know that your business and the team would benefit from reconnecting with the organizational vision. Yet, investing time to consider your vision is low on your list of priorities right now, given everything else on your plate. Sound familiar?

It can be tough to pull away from day-to-day activities to look ahead into the future. Visions provide clarity and direction and serve as a guidepost for organizational strategy.

Here are 3 reasons to invest time in considering your vision:

1. Leaders focused on a vision distinguish themselves by accelerating business results and becoming known as a leader others want to follow
2. Leaders who rally their teams around a shared vision set their organization up for greater success
3. Leaders who collectively guide their teams towards a shared ambition create an environment where performance can accelerate and flourish

Take time now to consider your vision. What did you discover?