Keeping sight of your company’s long term vision

As a leader, what do you feel is holding you back from succeeding with your vision and translating it into a step-by-step reality? 

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Ron Ashkenas and Peter D Moore in their article Keeping Sight of your Company’s Long-Term Vision answer some of the questions that plague leaders when it comes to planning and dealing with pressure challenges.

They look at three uniquely different approaches used by other leaders to successfully handle challenges that could derail your planning attempts.

1. Vision. Structuring planning around the vision. Connecting both the long-term vision to short-term actions.

2. Experimentation and projects, encouraging those individuals you make things relevant to the long-term vision.

3. Training programs that match the skills and mindsets of their employees who embrace the vision.

They answer the question – what is holding leaders back?. They state,  “we are convinced that what holds most leaders back is that they don’t translate the vision into a structured plan that they keep in focus over time”.

They break out each section and give leaders some food for thought on how to get started on the road to planning your vision and being successful at it. It’s a good read if you find you are struggling with challenges and the pressure to keep your own vision on task. Keeping Sight of your Company’s Long-Term Vision