Introduction Business leaders talk about purposes, missions, goals and visions, but very few understand the difference between them. A strong vision is critical to a company's future. A business vision must be clear and simple enough for people to believe in and act upon, and strong enough that it resonates and inspires. [...]
To succeed, every leader and organization must have a clearly understood, communicated, and executed vision. It is a vision that differentiates between a person who leads, and one who executes someone else’s vision. While leaders should plan and execute a vision for their organization, you should be developing a vision for your career; [...]
Communication makes vision visible and attractive to others. It can inspire the visionary’s passion in others or drive people away. A poorly communicated vision is dead if not successfully shared with others. Communication is the essential property of vision and visionary leadership whose primary role is to make vision a collective property, [...]
Vision is an attribute that many in business think they have when, in reality, they do not. It is for this reason that Oleg Konovalov set out to write The Vision Code. “Having a vision,” Konovalov told me in an email interview, “is like looking at the present from the future’s standpoint. [...]
There is no need for a captain for a ship intended to stay in a port. The captain is needed to navigate across the rough seas. I was at sea myself and learned the tough way a serious lesson – I wouldn’t go on-board with a captain whom I don’t trust and [...]
Introduction What if all my investments will be successful, or 80% of them, at least? In what I should invest or provide credits to secure the highest return on investments? Investing in a product is a blind bet without a strong and compelling vision in which this product resides. Vision is a [...]
Conscious awareness reaching its peak leads to the formation of vision in a leader; such a leader materialises the present and uses a path to the future, opines Dr Oleg Konovalov, a thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and coach. Dr Konovalov is also on the Thinkers50 radar, has been recognized [...]
Introduction We live in a time of leadership blindness. All leaders claim to have a vision. At best, the vast majority are only pretending. In truth, about 0.1% of business, social, or political leaders actually can be called visionaries or visionary leaders. What differentiates the true visionary leaders from those who wish [...]
A Leader’s Courage For A Team’s Success I was almost a half-way through a training program on leadership and corporate culture with the executives of a medium-sized software company, when I realized something felt wrong. That feeling became stronger with every team coaching session. It felt like a well-sponsored football team that [...]
Sincere appreciation of someone’s effort and support defines mutual growth and success. Gratitude defines the employees’ involvement and their feeling of being important for a company. Being valued provides a sense of purpose and increases effort, where no one is prepared to be fully engaged if not feel valued. While aiming to grow [...]
