Why a vision?

• Is this a leadership style issue for you?
• Many leaders have a professional or laissez faire style - letting their team find their own direction. They see their team members as self-directed professional colleagues rather than as subordinates.
• Or, have visions in your experience been too abstract?
• Does your team need to pull together in a common direction or do they work quite separately from each other on different projects?
• Is your environment so complex that direction changes rapidly and is too uncertain?
• If your team needs to pull together in a complex, rapidly changing environment, then not having a vision could mean poor use of resources, wasted energy, frustration and de-motivation.
• How do you see your role as leader?
• Do you prefer to lead solely by example?
• Is that just your preference or is it what your team needs?
• Some leaders assume that their team should not need much direction simply because they don't need much themselves.
• If your team is de-motivated, underperforming or complaining about a lack of direction, what might you do about it?
• How can you create a vision that is not too inconsistent with your style but that also meets the needs of your team?
• Check out the other vision pages if you have not already done so.