Management Programs

What does your organization's vision statement say? Does it impact your daily function, or even your annual goals? Many vision statements are misconstrued as advertising, or a plan for "the higher-ups," or something that's a little unrealistic or unachievable. For most managers, vision statements don't play a role in getting work done. Yet, a vision statement can be a powerful part of an organizational strategy that can focus work efforts, assist in difficult decision-making, and supplement performance standards. This one-day workshop will:

• Sort out the purposes of mission, vision, and values
• Examine the role of vision in effective organizational strategy
• Convert vision into guidelines for enhanced productivity
• Identify the use of vision in managing employee behavior and performance

Key Topics

• The impact a shared vision can have on group achievement
• Review of vision statements - and what makes them important to their organizations
• Why visions fail to "move" organizations and their people
• The characteristics of successful visionary organizations - and their leaders
• Strategic vision - and vision as part of strategy
• Building a strategy: mission, vision, and values
• Understanding the power of values
• Working with strategy, culture, and change
• How vision can direct behavior - and performance
• Identifying your work group's role in the organization's vision
• Setting and communicating a vision for your work group

Who Will Benefit

Managers who are responsible for setting long-term goals for work groups and motivating people to achieve them

Instructor

C. Thomas Willett