A Visionary Leadership – Key to Success


03/16/2015

With imagination and insight, visionary leaders create a new dawn.



Leadership is the basic pillar of foundation for success of any organization. It is an act of correctly identifying vital objectives and inspiring the team members to devote themselves completely towards accomplishment of the set goals. A leader must have a clear and distinct vision, which should be well communicated to the subordinates in order to make them completely understand the objectives.

One of the most essential requirement for a successful leader is clear and effective communication along with excellent writing and presentation skills. They must be highly confident to answer all sorts of questions in any public forum. A leader should be capable of building trust and confidence among its team. They create capabilities within the organization in order to attain and sustain his vision. They motivate team members to take initiatives, to come up with innovative ideas and thereby facilitates strong collaboration that is necessary for reaching the objectives. Moreover, Leaders offer varied opportunities to its subordinates for their personal as well as professional growth. They work to win support but at the same time are ready to takes actions even if they face opposition.

A visionary leader can take crucial decisions keeping, the end results in their mind. They have the ability to visualize a broader picture. True visionaries possess positive attitude thereby recharge people with their positive energy which in turn facilitates quick achievement of vision. Development of leadership qualities requires one to have complete understanding about one’s own strengths and weaknesses. Accordingly, skills need to be persistently improved by gaining different experiences.

The visionaries are aware about the fact that the road towards achievement of their goal is filled with challenges. Most importantly, a leader does not get affected by temporary setbacks, rather they get more motivated towards success. By taking risks, a visionary leader can transforms the risks into opportunities and therefore discovers new path to success.

Effective business leaders are not judged by performance of financial markets rather by their customers as well as employees. Many people believe that, the employee’s commitment towards an organization becomes stronger when they get assured that they are well supported and properly understood by company’s management.
Leaders must share their visions to the world, as they alone cannot reach success. For, being successful, collaboration and co-ordinations are utmost important.  Apple’s former CEO, Steve Jobs was never hesitant in disclosing his motivation to the world. He addressed his failures in different phase of his life which motivated him to reach the ultimate success in life.

True visionary leader are pioneers, that believes in building of robust foundation for growth, thereby benefitting others. Moreover, originality is crucial for successful leadership as it is a stepping stone towards innovation, growth and most essentially a complete success. Great leaders are imaginative and can visualize future prospects for their organization. Warren Buffet, a living legend and one of the most successful leaders, is an example of a visionary leader.

In the words of Warren Bennis, an American Scholar, “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.”  
 


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