I read ones that if you can dream it, you can reach it.
A cold, hard winter and other conditions put an army in a miscible situation. Soldiers didn't have enough supply and were cut off from any resources. The general in charge didn't give up. He had a vision that the war can be won. In the darkest moment of this winter he shared this vision with his men with such a powerful energy that his troops got so inspired to turn the situation and under the generals vision they won the war.
The great general, who saw the bigger picture and led his troops through everything by sharing his vision, was General Washington.
Every great leader has to have a bigger picture in mind that he/she wants to reach. But nobody can do it alone.
Did you ever ask yourself why some organizations are more successful than others?
You may think it is because they can effort better qualified people even that could be truth, but I can guaranty you small organizations (non-for-profits and small businesses) can attract the same qualified people without being able to pay the corporations big bugs.
So what do they do different?
Many bigger companies have leaders who can inspire others with a dream. Everyone wants to be a part of something great to find individual fulfillment.
The big question is how to get a vision that motivate everybody in your team to give all they've got to reach this goal?
It is doesn't matter if you are following your own agenda or you are somewhere in lower and middle management. Picture what the outcome of your task should be. For example your task is it to make your organization more effective. Do you personal gain from the outcome? Not always. But the future of your job and anybody else depending on it. Why? Because resource money is always tight and every waste is taking away from achieving the organizations purpose.
How to create a vision that a team will do their best to be a part of it?
- Communicate (write it down) your goals.
- Analyze the Situation
- Break it down in different small tasks
- Ensure that you got all resources - Even the best team can only succeed if it has all the tools that it needs for the job.
- No personal agendas - Imagine you play basketball. If each of you is only playing for them self and do everything that makes them individual looking good and not passing the ball to someone else who is in a better position to make the shot the other team have it easy to stop you and win the game.
- Paint the picture in a way that all members of your team step up to the plate.
- Let other take a lead in some tasks that they are specialist in.
Please stay tune to read about: How to put a successful team together?
