Articulate Your Vision
A compelling vision inspires leaders and team members towards a brighter future. Vision keeps a leader on course during rocky times or unexpected setbacks. But what good is working on refining your vision if your team doesn’t know and buy into it?
Watch Digging Deeper this week as Dennis talks about the power of not just creating but also articulating a compelling vision. We would love to hear your thoughts and comments. Thank you!
Hello, everybody. Dennis Engelbrecht with the CEO Roundtable Program for Contractors. Welcome to this session of
Digging Deeper.
Today, I wanted to talk about one of the most important traits of a good leader, and that is, a good leader articulates the
vision. And not just articulating the vision, but hopefully that vision is compelling as well. But, if you can come up with a
compelling vision, and I'm thinking about this as the overall leader for the company, but it doesn't have to be the overall
leader, this could be a compelling vision for your safety program. It could be a compelling vision for this particular job
you're working on, or this particular project you're working on. But as a leader, if you articulate a compelling vision, lots
of other things are going to happen. First of all, people want to be inspired. They want to be led.
We're in a generation where more and more people want to know the why of what they're doing. What is, what is the
purpose? And, when they go home after a day of work, working toward a purpose, they feel better. They feel better, then
they communicate better in their personal lives, they're happier, and they come back to work again, energized and ready
to do some great work again. People also want to understand in that vision, the guiding principles. If you have that vision
clear, then people will be able to make their own decisions because they'll understand the reasoning behind what the
decision should be. You'll also probably unlock some extra effort from some folks. Folks that are compelled, are willing to
stay late, willing to come in on the weekend if that's what's necessary, again to achieve the vision.
And again, I think presenting that vision allows your people to really be their best selves. Again, that gives them that sense
of accomplishment to know they're working towards something, that the job they're doing is part of something bigger
and it has an end, and it's not just the two plus two of the day, let's just say.
So again, think about that and think about that on a daily basis. So, as a leader, and again, it doesn't have to be the entire
company, make sure that you're articulating a compelling vision to your employees.
Thanks again for tuning in. Dennis Engelbrecht with Digging Deeper.
