Vision: Central to Leadership

Importance and Characteristics

John E. Jones & Chris Chen

American Society for Training & Development

Why Do You Need a Vision?

If you suddenly left your job, would your organization know what to do?

Vision is a picture of a future state that guides current behavior.

Future vision must be significantly different than the current state.

The gap between the current state and future state produces creative energy,

An Effective Vision Is...

Realistic, but different from current reality Easy to understand Commonly understood Inspiring/motivating Meaningful

Developing Your Vision

What do you need to do to create a vision for your organization? Clarify the vision of the next level up. Involve your team members. Articulate your organization’s reason for

existence.

Unless there is vision,

the people perish.The Bible