Vision......

John Maxwell says; “If you think you are a leader but nobody is following you then you are just going for a walk.”  You are not a leader because of the office you have or the title you have earned.  You are a leader if others are following you.  They believe in you and have learned to trust you.

Essential to good leadership is being the one with the vision.  We must not only have it but we must communicate it and live it.    If it isn’t shared with others in your organization it isn’t working.  If they don’t own it with you it will not be as powerful as it can be.

One factor in this is what some are calling the Vision Disease.  The problem is not a lack of vision but a vision that keeps changing too frequently.  It shifts to the newest idea or fad.  Some organizations die for lack of vision and lack of change.  Others fail because they are changing too much and are grasping for the next best thing.

Establish a clear cut vision that becomes owned by everyone and it is a powerful thing that will grow your business.  Then stay consistent and focused.  It is that consistency that will allow those around you to feel secure in your leadership and be better able to follow your lead.

George Smart Jr writes;  “At the very least, look at your own practice. Are you changing direction so frequently as to drive your spouse, your colleagues, or your clients crazy? Are you so brilliant a consultant that incoming cash flow obscures the many fits and starts you've thrown your practice into. As with most diseases, the cure starts at home.”