Communicating a Shared Vision

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney's words ring as true today as they did many years ago. The importance of a vision cannot be denied. Neither can the importance of communicating that vision to the people responsible for supporting it. Communicating your vision gives purpose and meaning to the work that people do, and pursuing and accomplishing that vision with a sense of integrity builds trust in you as an individual and as a leader. This course will teach you how to communicate a shared vision and achieve that vision across all sectors of your working environment.

Target Audience
Supervisors, managers and coaches

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

The Importance of Vision

recognise the importance of thinking like a visionary.

identify the actions that encourage thinking like a visionary.

identify how the past can be used to formulate a vision.

specify elements that enhance the process for creating a shared vision.

select methods for communicating your vision and gaining commitment.

Giving Meaning to Work

recognise the benefits of having meaningful work.

choose techniques that assist leaders in providing purpose and direction.

identify how purpose, teamwork, and systems are interconnected.

identify elements that make up organisational culture.

Building Trust Through Integrity

recognise the value of balancing aspiration and ability with integrity.

identify the delicate balance between aspiration, ability and integrity.

identify the elements of empathy.

identify the effects ethics have on trust and integrity.

Achieving Goals

recognise the benefits of achieving your goals.

identify the process for setting goals.

select elements that contribute to committing to action.

identify elements of strategic thinking and planning.

select the types of power that can be helpful in achieving goals.

Course Number:
LEAD8222