Paper Topic:

MBA - Implementing Strategies - Leadership .

leadership and vision for future

2004

The role of leadership in organization is really great . Success of company mostly depends on qualities of leader . A good leader is more than half of success . Much of literature on organizational change and leadership emphasizes the notion of selling an inspirational and aspirational vision to those at every level in the organization . Let 's try to examine the difficulties , which can face the leader when trying to sell an inspirational and aspirational vision for the future , taking into account that a vision needs to

appeal to and be understood by people at every level of the organization

Leadership as a concept of classical management is ability to influence activity of individuals and groups of people in order to motivate them working for achievement of aims . Organization , which is successful , is different from other organizations mainly because it has more dynamic and effective management . Successful organization is , first of all , a strategic vision for future , whereas leadership supposes vision of future and ability to propagate it as well as motivate people . So , we can see that an effective leadership and effective inspirational and aspirational vision for the future depends on skillful motivation of workers

Without any doubt , motivation should be different for different levels of workers . Vision - is the fourth component of diamond leadership Leader combines both words of vision - external and internal (Heifitz R ,

.112 . Components of vision are creativity and strategy

There is no magic in this process : it is quite difficult , sometimes wearisome process of collecting and analyzing of information . A person who forms vision of company , is not a magician - he is a thoughtful strategist , who is able to risk . Vision is one of zones of leader 's intelligence , which demands constant development and perfection . To tell with other words , vision is a description of the future that is attractive because it expresses the possibility of realizing values that are important to people (Charles Pfeffer ,

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Let 's see , what are the main problems and difficulties , leaders face during implementing of vision for the future in the companies

Model of future is not attractive (or it is difficult to understand

First of all , a leader should create an attractive vision of future . He has to work out a strategic plan , which will indicate the main stages of development . What is also very important , the vision should not be different of strategic aims of company . The vision should show , which values will be achieved during implementation process . All workers should realize importance of working together and should understand the aims of company . Moreover , they have to understand and to share your vision

Don 't forget that people are different and you have to work with them depending on their skills , abilities and status . A good model is like a house made of cards - each card should occupy its position when one card will fall down , it ruins the whole building . The same problem is in the company : all the...

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