The document discusses the importance of a leader formulating and communicating a compelling vision for the future that inspires and motivates others, noting that an effective vision is significant, concrete, easy to understand, and communicated through metaphors, with the leader drawing on trends, past experiences, questions, and intuition to develop a vision and then linking it to strategic planning and action.

1. The Leader as
Formulator &
Communicator of the
Vision

2. • What is it?

3. • What is it?
• Why is it so important for leadership?

4. • What is it?
• Why is it so important for leadership?
• How do I get it?

5. What Is It? … Definition

6. aspirations
measure
hope
3 to 5 years
clear Vision
success
How
easy
world
road map compelling
to understand change
concrete terms role

7. Something
Significant

8. Communicated
through
metaphors

9. It’s like making preparations for a family vacation

10. A longing for the
Ideal

11. Originality

12. Emotional Appeal

13. Some Examples

14. A new Church will begin to arise in England. It
will take the form of many single cell groups
across the land, united in a common bond
founded on grace and truth. No longer
recognizing denominational badges, people
will look to see the mark of spirit-filled faith in
each other. This Church will bear all the
hallmarks of an underground resistance
movement. It will consist of people who “do
not love their lives even unto the death.” The
most powerful weapon that this army wields is
love – a love that conquers all, costs all and
never fails!
House Church Movement, Great Britain

15. “To glorify God by being a faithful
steward of all that is entrusted to us
and to have a positive influence on all
who come in contact with Chick-fil-A."

16. “Make a contribution to the
world by making tools for the
mind that advance humankind."
Apple

17. Why is this considered
core leadership behavior?

18. Foresight &
Servant Leadership

19. Lead in
The
Leadership

20. The Leadership
Perspective

21. The Leadership
Perspective
Right
Now

22. The Leadership
Perspective
About
Now

23. The Leadership
Perspective Now

24. The Leadership Now
Perspective

25. The Leadership Now
Perspective

26. How can I get a vision?

27. Reason

28. Culture
Up
A Bubble

29. Intuition

30. Prayer

31. What is the relationship between
visioning and planning?

32. Trends

33. Emerging Issues

34. Wildcards

35. Cycles

36. Viewing Time
as a
Resource

37. Questions to help us make the link

38. Questions to help us make the link
• What are appropriate structures, systems,
people, and values for that future?

39. Questions to help us make the link
• What are appropriate structures, systems,
people, and values for that future?
• How do they differ from the current ones.

40. Questions to help us make the link
• What are appropriate structures, systems,
people, and values for that future?
• How do they differ from the current ones?
• What steps are necessary to move them
from here to there?

41. Conclusion

42. A blurry vision
A blurry vision
is not very pleasant.
is not very pleasant.

43. The harvest is plentiful.

44. Action Items

45. Action Items
 Interview people

46. Action Items
 Interview people
 Look at your past

47. Action Items
 Interview people
 Look at your past
 Scan the environment

48. Action Items
 Interview people
 Look at your past
 Scan the environment
 Ask good questions

49. Action Items
 Interview people
 Look at your past
 Scan the environment
 Ask good questions
 Prepare to be challenged

50. Action Items
 Interview people
 Look at your past
 Scan the environment
 Ask good questions
 Prepare to be challenged
 Write a vision statement

51. Action Items
 Interview people
 Look at your past
 Scan the environment
 Ask good questions
 Prepare to be challenged
 Write a vision statement
 Do it! (II Chr 28:20)

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53. Dr. Greg Waddell
Professor Mid-South Christian College, Memphis, TN
Email: DrGregWaddell@LeadStrategic.com
Web: www.midsouthcc.org
901-3765-4400