Leadership Plan

Examples for Micro-Practice 1.0 - Inspires with a Clear Vision and Roadmap

1.1 Embodies and shares a compelling vision of the future

Description and Examples of Current
or Desired Behavior

Inspires people with a well-understood picture of the desired future. People are clear, engaged, and up-to-date on the vision and direction.

Stop/Start/Continue

Stop Doing

Assuming that other people connect with the vision like you
Trying to avoid repetition (I already said that)
Sharing half-baked ideas that are not yet integrated
Assuming that people automatically believe in senior leadership and the strategy

Start Doing

Asking people what inspires them about the vision
Communicating in terms that people can relate with
Sharing way more often than you think is necessary

Continue Doing

Connecting with people
Sharing your passion and inspiration

Progress Report Items

Embodies and shares a compelling vision of the future.
People are excited about the future of the company and feel connected to the vision

Next Steps & Experiments
(by when?)

Understand other’s inspiration

At the next All Hands, get people in groups to talk about what inspires them about the vision of the company and have each group share their notes privately and one thing publicly.
Make a list of people to ask about what inspires them and when you see them next, ask them, e.g. in your next one-on-one.
Send out a survey and ask people what inspires them.

Find out what lands and what’s confusing

Give a talk about the vision and ask what landed.
Ask people what their points of confusion are.

Support Structures and Reminders

Let your Head of People and some or all of your leadership team know you’re working on this

Cost of not achieving this goal for yourself
and the company

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Desired Future: How will I know that I achieved my goal?

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