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<\/a>Visionary leadership…<\/p><\/div>\n
noisiest\u00a0or\u00a0most recent issue takes center stage \u2013 just because it is easiest to respond to at the moment.<\/p>\n
But we all should be aware of the three levels of leadership that each of us experience as we create, grow and nurture our various enterprises, no matter what their size.<\/p>\n
By far the most enjoyable for most of us is visionary leadership<\/u> \u2013 the time we spend thinking ahead, creating new ideas for products or services, focusing on the big picture and how we can change the world with our creation.\u00a0 It must be the lifeblood of a company that is going to make a difference in an industry or the world.\u00a0 And each of us tasked with a senior role in an enterprise should dedicate some amount of time to just this.\u00a0 Visionary leadership is not performed in a vacuum.\u00a0 Many times it is a customer, an employee, or an industry conference that sparks the idea that drives you to create and express your vision of the future for your company or product line.<\/p>\n
\u00a0[Email readers, continue here…]<\/em> <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 Then comes the strategic thinking and planning<\/u> that leads to what must be done to achieve the vision.\u00a0 Think of creation of your strategic plan as drawing the roadmap to get to the goal.\u00a0 Strategic thinking is a necessary part of a leader\u2019s mental toolkit and often requires input from those who will execute the plan.\u00a0 A leader who does not periodically engage others in strategic thinking is missing the critical step in focusing the organization toward achievement of goals and the vision.<\/p>\n The third level, tactical leadership<\/u>, is the one that requires trust in your direct reports, along with the ability to delegate and empower others to execute the plan.\u00a0 You should be involved in development and review of the tactics to achieve those strategies you\u2019ve mutually created. The best leaders find metrics to measure progress in achievement of these tactics, then don\u2019t interfere with the execution of these tactics unless negative metrics signal a reason to do so.\u00a0\u00a0 Delegation is an art, requiring a form of strength that must be learned \u2013 especially by eager entrepreneurs used to tight personal control of processes.\u00a0 But no enterprise can grow or succeed without the delegation of tasks and without the thoughtful use of metrics to measure progress and success.<\/p>\n Three levels of leadership to learn, practice, and teach: visionary, strategic and tactical.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Another leadership development bit?\u00a0 Yup. But if you have no time or are impatient, here are the three levels:\u00a0 visionary, strategic and tactical.\u00a0 Skip or stay, but think about your balance in leadership either way. As a leader, you have … Continue reading