Leaders create vision while managers execute vision.

Vision is essential for successful leadership. Without it, influence fades along with the current trends. This could not be more true in business. Unless you, as the leader, have a clear picture of the destination where you want your business to be in three to five years, you've got nothing that will inspire your people to follow you.

Seth Goodin said, “Leaders create things that didn't exist before, they do this by giving the tribe a vision of something that could happen but hasn't yet.”

Today we are going to be talking about vision. Your business vision is a clear, inspiring, practical, and inviting picture of your business’s future. Seeing what the future could be, and then sharing that potential in an inspiring, clear, practical, and inviting way. A clear message from you, the leader that your team can follow into the future.

When you are clear on what you want and how you plan to get there, you avoid the many pitfalls that can happen in business. Because you are better prepared for the future, you capitalize on key opportunities and you're better attuned to what will help you move forward. You have the ability to filter out opportunities that will distract or derail you. Your strategy is aligned with your big picture. Because of this focus and alignment, you waste less money, time, and talent. Your team is on board and all pulling in the same direction. And maybe most importantly, you are motivated to stick with it when times get tough.

Today we will discuss:

The importance of a clear business vision plan
Elements of a clear vision business plan
How to craft your own clear vision plan

Don’t get caught up in how you’ll get there. That’s strategy, and strategy always follows vision. This is also not prophecy. There’s nothing inevitable about it. You’re describing one of countless possible futures that will require the best thinking and effort of you and your team to realize. The idea is to imagine a tomorrow compelling enough to guide your choices today.

Do you have any doubts or limiting beliefs about your future? Can you reject, reframe, or replace any of these to create a new room for possibility? We discuss in more detail about obstacles and limiting beliefs in the Peake Creative CEO Mindset Business Vision Plan. Find it on our website and use promo code CEOMINDSETVISION to receive $10 off this amazing tool that will help you lay the foundation for ongoing business success in your early childhood business.

We have created a CEO Mindset: Vision Plan, a free resource that will guide you through sample questions and a process based on the 4 domains we talked about today. We hope that these general business questions will help you get started crafting your own business vision plan.

Hopefully, this episode brought you a fresh new perspective on the importance of putting in a little time and effort to create a strong foundation in your early childhood business will reap huge rewards. When you nurture your CEO Mindset you are leading your business and not just managing it. Spending less time on the busy work and spending more time doing the things you truly enjoy. Focusing on the things that really matter, your top priorities, your key relationships, your most important projects, all the things that will bring you more joy and your business more success. Take care and have a great week!

Some few key notes:

[0:55] Leaders create vision while managers execute vision.

[01:20] “Leaders create things that didn't exist before, they do this by giving the tribe a vision of something that could happen but hasn't yet.” ~ Seth Goodin

[03:40] A clear vision of the future inspires motivation, provides direction for your team, and guides daily strategy and decision-making

[04:08] When you have a compelling, unifying view of the future and when you communicate it to your team with passion and purpose it can motivate your people to accomplish astonishing things.

[04:40] Quality employees are drawn to people who have a vision. Potential team members want to be part of something

[06:00] Vision is all about painting a picture of an irresistible future. You'll be on the right track if your vision is big and challenging enough to scare you a bit. It should.

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