V.A.L.U.E.S.
Vision And Leadership Unifying Every Stakeholder
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A vision without a plan is merely a daydream - having a vision means you have a detailed plan. Don't mistake the collaboration for the vision to come to fruition with a collaborative vision. Leaders set the vision. Teams build the system that help enact the vision - this input creates buy-in and accountability to make the vision come alive.
The V.A.L.U.E.S. approach helps leaders plan & prepare the vision by setting Informed Goals. It includes:
Walking through the difference between a vision statement and mission statement.
Creating buy-in around a vision & discuss steps the team needs to take to get started.
Set new, attainable goals and reach your team at their core.
What are you looking at?
What are you looking for?
How are you going to measure it?
Identifying the Informed Goal using SMART language.
Understanding what you need to be successful.
Get your organization off the plateau.
Simon Sinek discusses the "why". That's an amazing way to stay grounded. When the organization has plateaued someone has to spark the change.
A leader guides the team through Kurt Lewin's 3 stages of change
1. unfreeze
2. change
3. refreeze
Team goals are interdependent - when created through a V.A.L.U.E.S. approach.
A leader without followers is just a wanderer.
A leader without followers is just a wanderer.
As you can imagine, setting YOUR vision and ensuring it is widely accepted and implemented requires a delicate balance. Knowing and applying this principle of leadership and followership is essential. True leadership is when the vision outlasts people and time.
Lead Where You Stand walks teams through what we call Slow Urgency: how to pace change. This happens in two way: long-range and immediate change.
Lastly, leaders have to understand and embrace that they are learners.
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