The Business Bulletin
The journey to being a strong leader Does great leadership mean being kind, having empathy, being consistent, persistent, deliberate, natural, upbeat, driven and focused? Yes, it’s all of those things and more… A great leader’s vision statement should define:
Our values are determined
your vision statement often, ask
unconsciously from a very young
around at how others perceive things,
age and made more robust from life
define it further and continuously
experiences. Values are often linked
check in to benchmark your progress
you would like to achieve for
to emotional states or feelings for
against your vision.
yourself, your team, and the
example, trust & enjoyment, and
business.
behaviours like respect & honesty,
■ Your personal vision…What
■ How your personal vision aligns to the business objectives and the needs of your team and customers
A leadership vision statement should include ■ Clear aspirations and intentions for you and your team. This is not a business vision, it’s yours ■ Your personal values and your commitments to staying true to these
and courage. A leadership vision statement should be impactful, create excitement and be easy to interpret – and could include objectives – here is an example: My intention – to strive to continuously improve myself and my teams potential and performance My aspiration – to develop myself and my team to our fullest potential and share our talent to achieve the business goals My values – to act in a supportive and loyal way, to be open to learning
What are values? Values are the things that matter to you – the things that drive our behaviour and responses. They hold great importance for us, and they are the unconscious ‘permissions’ that allow us to take action. They drive
and to look to the future My commitment – to actively collaborate with passion and positivity, building trusted working relationships with my customers, my teams, and our senior leaders Capturing your intentions,
our motivations and they also stop
aspirations, values and commitments
us from doing things or supporting
and creating draft sentences will get
actions that go against how we feel.
you to a good starting point. Revisit
6 | Issue 16 – Strategy and Personal Development
Charlotte Green Specific Learning & Coaching Charlotte is a leadership and management specialist, offering coaching, training, mentoring, employee and customer insight, along with associated business consultancy. She is driven by a firm belief that harnessing the input of clients, customers and employees, is a super valuable resource for every business. Charlotte is passionate about personal development, leadership resilience and customer experience and believes her clients already have great people, services and products -and it’s often small adjustments or adaptations, rather than massive changes that help to realise your targets. 07954 179010 charlotte@specificlc.com specificlc.com
