A shared vision is the backdrop for learning and change. When employees know where they are trying to get to, they can identify what they need to learn in order to get there. To create a shared vision, you must achieve consensus on the direction of the group and on the desired results; everyone on the team must have the same goals for the future, and be guided by the same underlying principles. Managing by shared vision is much more productive than managing by coercion.
Every member of the team must help develop the vision. Do not try to impose a vision from the top of the organization:
While top management’s endorsement and financial support for the vision is important, team ownership of the vision does not occur when the vision ...
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