Change too rapid?

• If you feel that change is happening too fast to have a vison, chances are you also feel that everyone else is driving change but you.
• Is it a feeling of having no control over events?
• Does this mean that others are leading and you are following?
• Alternatively, are you driving change yourself in so many different directions that no one vision ties them altogether?
• Could you formulate a separate vision for each of these directions or markets? When you have done this, does a theme emerge?
• If you are indeed following rather than leading, where would you like to be? How could you seize the lead? And would a vision help?
• If you feel that change is too rapid, you might be trying to formulate a vision that is too specific, hence too soon obsolete.
• Can you formulate a vision that is less specific but not so nebulous as to lack meaning? A useful vision must be concrete enough to enable you to measure progress towards achieving it.
• If you stay in follower mode, you will always feel left behind. Changes will always be unexpected and you will never feel in control.
• Can you divide your time and resources into two streams - one that follows and one that tries to carve out a leadership position?
• This way you won't feel that you are falling behind while your attention is turned to thinking through how to lead.