Visionary Leadership

Part 2: Creating the common vision.

One important part of Leadership is creating a common vision. It means to work with imagination of a group of people and to present a challenge that activates the minds of the many. Visionary leaders can bring people together with a shared sense of intentions and align them with a higher aim. The goal is set on the horizon, not just in front of us. Visionary Leadership means to encourage change and innovation and to see the life as a big puzzle, where strategic long-term decisions are more important than immediate effect.

A visionary leadership style builds connections and links. It is aimed at sharing ideas, skills and tools that can serve the whole. There is no right nor wrong, because leading by vision also means to accept setbacks as being part of the development. It adrdress the root of a problem and deals with the causes of it. It sets new milestones.

Visionary leadership is based on a balanced expression of the spiritual, mental, emotional and physical dimensions.  It requires core values, clear vision, empowering relationships, and innovative action.  When one or more of these dimensions are missing, leadership cannot manifest a vision. (Corinne McLaughlin)

We know many of those visionary leaders, whose products have changed the game.

Some of them inspire us daily, because we work with the tools they have created. I am referring to Steve Jobs, who resigned from Apple this special day, but he is not the only one who worked his magic to shape the world. – Although Apple has still some issues living the cradle-2-cradle lifestyle in their product design.