The Impatient Visionary

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Are you the visionary in your business?

I
was in Singapore recently on my way back from China and the news
was all about the passing of one of their visionary leaders Dr Goh A Thinker and a Doer
the whole nation seemed to be remembering the great mans contribution
to their lives and to Singapore. We are used to working with
Visionaries and often besides being thinkers and doers they are impatient.
They often see big opportunities that some of their people find hard to
accept. Obstacles and concerns are raised that threaten to reduce the
potential opportunity. As each day passes, the chance of getting the
management team to act on the proposed direction diminishes. Leaving
the visionary leader with no alternative but to push even harder for
their vision.

The Impatient Visionary

The
Impatient Visionary has huge intuition about the market and their
business. They know intuitively that their vision is possible and that
the concerns are not valid. The problem is the obstacles and concerns
do not go away, and it takes too long to get the business to seriously
take the actions needed to move towards the vision. If you
recognise this situation we have been helping accelerate progress
towards ambitious visions for more than 20 years. The problem is that
you see the direction to go in to realise the opportunity, others see
the other side of the situation and are very reluctant to ignore the
issues that they see. There is a very practical and fast way to deal
with this situation, which often results in achieving even more than
you expect.

Most leaders know where they feel their organisation should be going. The problem is gaining consensus. 

To get sufficient commitment, and to get managers to take on the responsibility needed to ensure that the needed actions are taken can take far too long and erode the potential seen by the leader. The process of gaining the necessary consensus can sap the energy needed to make the vision a reality. Forcing any direction is not an option as it never works for long. 

To accelerate achieving an ambitious vision three significant obstacles must be overcome:

Obstacle 1) There is a conflict between the leaders desire to focus on their direction and the other managers need to consider others factors.  

Often the leader is seen as being an impatient visionary. The direction they are pushing for only considers one aspect of the situation because they see that it is the direction to go in and intuitively they see the other side contains some erroneous assumptions that make it very hard and time consuming to resolve. They know that dealing with the other side will only slow the process and potentially degrade the opportunity they see. However, the others who are needed to make the vision a reality are not able to ignore the other side and driven by what ever the false assumption is resist the leaders direction raising obstacles and concerns.

Overcoming obstacle 1. The conflict between the management seems from the visionaries huge intuition, they know that considering the other side will lead to delay and to the weakening of the opportunity seen. Their intuition tells them that there is a false assumption in the other side that is leading to the obstacles and concerns. What they do not know is that there is a simple process that will lead to an even better outcome if they spend a short time analysing the conflict between them and the managers. The outcome will be that both sides in the conflict will see that they will get more of what they want more quickly. 

Obstacle 2) It is assumed that compromise is needed to proceed. 

The more cautions managers in the team have learnt that proceeding too quickly in any new direction causes significant problems. They want to proceed cautiously, so they try to compromise with the impatient visionary knowing that it will not be possible to resist the new direction or ideas completely. This way forward leads to using existing knowledge and ideas to move in the new direction and at best achieves a marginal improvement.

Overcoming obstacle 2. The action taken to overcome the first obstacle will show that compromise is not necessary. Having identified how to resolve the conflict it is a short step to identify the other tactics needed to make the original direction a robust plan.

Obstacle 3) Any actions agreed are based on extrapolating incorrectly from past practice and experience.

The fact is that many of the common approaches accepted as "best practice" are based on wrong assumptions. Therefore, extrapolating from these leads to very low or poor returns.

Overcoming obstacle 3. The only way to overcome this obstacle is to expose the false assumptions under the current practice and reveal that there are simple alternatives which yield much better results. We have a process to do this which has been proven to work in many different teams from many different industries and from different cultures.

What Next?

1) Nothing can happen until you are convinced that there is a simple method to resolve the conflict of obstacle 1. This can be achieved in a short discussion. 

2) Once you are convinced we need the rest of the management team to see that there are better ways than the current best practice. 

3) Then when the team are aware of the new potential they must see how to resolve obstacle 1 and discover that compromise is not necessary and hence over come obstacle 2.

If you are an Impatient Visionary and want to see if your vision can be achieved faster and to a greater degree than even you expect contact us on +441764679756.

Edited by John - 25 May 2010 at 2:58pm

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John Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Jonah Jonah - Director GTL Joined: 11 Jul 2008 Location: Scotland Dunira Posts: 68	Quote Reply Topic: The Impatient Visionary Posted: 21 May 2010 at 4:17pm
	Are you the visionary in your business? I was in Singapore recently on my way back from China and the news was all about the passing of one of their visionary leaders Dr Goh A Thinker and a Doer the whole nation seemed to be remembering the great mans contribution to their lives and to Singapore. We are used to working with Visionaries and often besides being thinkers and doers they are impatient. They often see big opportunities that some of their people find hard to accept. Obstacles and concerns are raised that threaten to reduce the potential opportunity. As each day passes, the chance of getting the management team to act on the proposed direction diminishes. Leaving the visionary leader with no alternative but to push even harder for their vision. The Impatient Visionary The Impatient Visionary has huge intuition about the market and their business. They know intuitively that their vision is possible and that the concerns are not valid. The problem is the obstacles and concerns do not go away, and it takes too long to get the business to seriously take the actions needed to move towards the vision. If you recognise this situation we have been helping accelerate progress towards ambitious visions for more than 20 years. The problem is that you see the direction to go in to realise the opportunity, others see the other side of the situation and are very reluctant to ignore the issues that they see. There is a very practical and fast way to deal with this situation, which often results in achieving even more than you expect. Most leaders know where they feel their organisation should be going. The problem is gaining consensus. To get sufficient commitment, and to get managers to take on the responsibility needed to ensure that the needed actions are taken can take far too long and erode the potential seen by the leader. The process of gaining the necessary consensus can sap the energy needed to make the vision a reality. Forcing any direction is not an option as it never works for long. To accelerate achieving an ambitious vision three significant obstacles must be overcome: Obstacle 1) There is a conflict between the leaders desire to focus on their direction and the other managers need to consider others factors. Often the leader is seen as being an impatient visionary. The direction they are pushing for only considers one aspect of the situation because they see that it is the direction to go in and intuitively they see the other side contains some erroneous assumptions that make it very hard and time consuming to resolve. They know that dealing with the other side will only slow the process and potentially degrade the opportunity they see. However, the others who are needed to make the vision a reality are not able to ignore the other side and driven by what ever the false assumption is resist the leaders direction raising obstacles and concerns. Overcoming obstacle 1. The conflict between the management seems from the visionaries huge intuition, they know that considering the other side will lead to delay and to the weakening of the opportunity seen. Their intuition tells them that there is a false assumption in the other side that is leading to the obstacles and concerns. What they do not know is that there is a simple process that will lead to an even better outcome if they spend a short time analysing the conflict between them and the managers. The outcome will be that both sides in the conflict will see that they will get more of what they want more quickly. Obstacle 2) It is assumed that compromise is needed to proceed. The more cautions managers in the team have learnt that proceeding too quickly in any new direction causes significant problems. They want to proceed cautiously, so they try to compromise with the impatient visionary knowing that it will not be possible to resist the new direction or ideas completely. This way forward leads to using existing knowledge and ideas to move in the new direction and at best achieves a marginal improvement. Overcoming obstacle 2. The action taken to overcome the first obstacle will show that compromise is not necessary. Having identified how to resolve the conflict it is a short step to identify the other tactics needed to make the original direction a robust plan. Obstacle 3) Any actions agreed are based on extrapolating incorrectly from past practice and experience. The fact is that many of the common approaches accepted as "best practice" are based on wrong assumptions. Therefore, extrapolating from these leads to very low or poor returns. Overcoming obstacle 3. The only way to overcome this obstacle is to expose the false assumptions under the current practice and reveal that there are simple alternatives which yield much better results. We have a process to do this which has been proven to work in many different teams from many different industries and from different cultures. What Next? 1) Nothing can happen until you are convinced that there is a simple method to resolve the conflict of obstacle 1. This can be achieved in a short discussion. 2) Once you are convinced we need the rest of the management team to see that there are better ways than the current best practice. 3) Then when the team are aware of the new potential they must see how to resolve obstacle 1 and discover that compromise is not necessary and hence over come obstacle 2. If you are an Impatient Visionary and want to see if your vision can be achieved faster and to a greater degree than even you expect contact us on +441764679756. Edited by John - 25 May 2010 at 2:58pm
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nancygale12 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newcomer Joined: 29 Oct 2010 Location: losangeles Posts: 2	Quote Reply Posted: 29 Oct 2010 at 7:05am
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