Have you ever been driving on the highway and a car “peels out” from behind you to pass you without making a sound? Chances are the culprit was a Tesla. After a recent conversation with a proud Tesla owner-turned-brand evangelist, I understood why.
The speed and stealth at which a Tesla changes lanes is influenced by two major factors. The first is the electric motor which is quieter and less cumbersome than a traditional one. The second is a setting drivers use to avoid slow-moving vehicles. When this option is selected, this top-selling electric car pulls around obstacles—it avoids threats to its ideal path and velocity.
Digging a little deeper, I found out Tesla Vision uses multiple cameras to simulate a 360-degree view around the vehicle. Traditional vehicles still rely on the operator to gather all information about traffic patterns, speed, surrounding vehicles, and more before they can change lanes. While a Tesla uses the power of a team – albeit of cameras – to guide the operator and vehicle around the slower vehicle.
The same is true for the forward movement of an organization’s vision. A lone visionary or solitary stakeholder can't stay up to date on every detail within a business' environment and internal operations.
Principle 1
The speed of change calls for a multidirectional approach to leadership.
Traditional visionary leadership moves in one direction: downward. The top-down approach presents major hurdles for 21st-century organizations. Leaders face the task of re-envisioning their organizations in an external environment marked by compounded volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity compared to a decade ago. Middle managers face the task of perpetually re-engaging their team members in the same work they have hired them to do. Everyone is looking for sustainable and automatable solutions. Thinking about the future is a team sport.
The Vision360 Model reconceptualizes vision-related leadership for the 21st-century organization and the present-day leader. This book aims to help leaders, organizations, and teams figure out where they are and where they are headed within the scope of vision development and realization.
Teaiiano Enterprises offers coaching and consulting services around the Vision 360 Model and approach to allowing your vision to be caught by managers, staff, and leaders within your organization. Contact us for solutions available or visit us on the web at www.teaiiano.com.
Visionary Leadership
A Guidebook for 21st Century Organizations and Entrepreneurial Teams
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