Vision of Leadership

The future is unknown. To be a leader is to have a vision, and lead your followers towards the future you seek. Some leaders have had power struggles, boosted egos, and with those leaders they fall hard. Being a leader is to become your follower. Those you lead should never be ‘under’ you, nor should they ever have to complete a task that you, yourself will not do. There are many important factors that pertain to being a leader, but of these, a vision and a goal are most valuable. A vision is said to be, “The first step in setting goals and priorities is to personally develop what the organization should look like at some point in the future.” (Leadership) No matter the life one leads, or their vision is for themselves or others, the vision must always be readable. Each company has a vision of where they want to stand. This vision trickles down the chain of commands, and leaders of stores, departments, etc. are to believe in the vision and trickle the vision one step further to their followers. Once the leader understands the vision and believes in the big picture, it is their job to have the employees follow suite. Making one’s followers a part of the big picture creates a better atmosphere because everyone works better if they feel they are a part of something. A vision may just be a picture in the future for leaders to seek, but it is the beginning of something bigger.
“Having a clear vision of the end state we are trying to achieve before we take action to reach our goals is the key factor in accomplishing any goals that we set.” (Berkeley) Within the article “Leading and Leadership” there is said to be four parts of the goal creating process for the vision: goal difficulty, goal specificity, feedback, and participation of goal setting. All four characteristics are valuable within the process of carrying out the goals at hand.
Goal difficulty can make or break your employees. Each leader needs to learn their followers at a work level and

References: Berkeley (n.d.). Goal-Setting: Developing a Vision & Goals for Your Career Plan | Human Resources at UC Berkeley. Human Resources at UC Berkeley |. Retrieved February 1, 2013, from http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/learning/career-development/goal-setting/career-plan-vision Leadership. (2010, April 20). Colocation | Broadband Wireless | Dedicated Servers | Web Design & Development | DSL | Web Hosting | Infinity Internet. Retrieved February 1, 2013, from http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/leadled.html