THOUGHTS ON VISIONING AND 10 WAYS TO BE BETTER AT VISIONING

Creating a vision is critical to the success of any programme and particularly Change Progammes – here are some thoughts from Coaching-Businesses-to-Success.Com

Top Ten Things About Visioning

To visualise where you are going, is deeper and more sensory than anything you have ever done before…
And these are the skills of those who are able to create a vision you can really live and breathe…:-

1. Are Focused
   They are able to visualise in a focused and very clear way what ‘perfect’ will truly look like in the future.
2. Involve Others
   Bring others into the contribution, such that they might try things they might never have before.
3. Realise Core Strengths
   Whilst being ultra-keen to grow and evolve, these people are true to the core strengths of the organisation and see the future through that.
4. Take Time Out
   Make the time for themselves and help others to free up thinking room. And use it fully.
5. Play the Game
   They encourage a creative environment and take full part personally. They themselves set out to find ways of generating novel and fun ways to make this live.
6. Think Big
   Top class visions may even be unattainable within lifetimes and are often part of a bigger legacy. many major corporations have 50-year (and more!) visions.
7. Use Their Senses
   A vital part of Visioning is to be able to use all five senses as fully as possible and alos that wonderful sixth sense, the one of intuition.
8. Are Knowledgeable
   They keep their eyes and ears open and are fully aware of the possibilities. they suck in information and ideas to help form their thinking. Media, other people, non-business analogies and metaphors too.
9. Put Aside Beliefs
   Great visionaries can shift themselves into a different dimension when looking at the future and leave their existing beliefs outside the room.
10. Are Evangelists
    They shout the outcome vision from the rooftops, relating so well to all of their people. They explains it in words which mean something to all involved in future success.

Ten Ways to be Better at Visioning

1. Get Everyone Onboard
   Create a place and time when as many of your people as possible can get involved. If you can manage 10 or 1000, then do it.
2. Create an Environment
   Get basics right. Make things feel comfortable when undertaking this activity. Make it a safe place to share. Ensure everyone involved is as relaxed and in a place to contribute.
3. Experience Fully
   Encourage a ‘virtual walkthrough’ of the future, using good facilitation skills. Get into the moment.
4. Keep Outputs Individual
   Make sure that everyone is able to contribute in their own way to clear the way for extraordinary insights.
5. Celebrate Differences
   Value the differences; others are not like you are – so you will gain additional value from them. And they from being involved.
6. Be Very Open-Minded
   How you handle outcomes will set the scene for future progress, so be very careful to listen, absorb and accept.
7. Explore Opportunities
   The outputs from these exercises will be extraordinary. Every one is valuable and none should be dismissed. So find out more, it may create more than you think.
8. Value Everyone
   It’s not just the ideas that are so valuable, your incredible people are too. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to celebrate how great they are, personally.
9. Be Very Descriptive
   Take the chance to think big and encourage people to share their thoughts in glorious detail. Encourage fun through constructive anecdotes and metaphors.
10. Live, Eat and Breathe It
    Use it as your guiding light. Use this organisational ‘highest goal’ to measure direction. Captivate people with your enthusiasm and decide every action by it.

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