I just finished my Vistage International meeting yesterday. Vistage International is an organization of CEO's where CEO's get together once a month for an all day meeting. In these meetings we talk about the various issues that are on the minds of the CEO of a Company. One topic that was discussed was "What is the Role of a CEO"?
There was quite a bit of discussion around this topic. We talked a great deal about what we should be doing and what we should not be doing. At the end of the conversation, we came down to six essential roles of a CEO. Here they are:
STRATEGIST - This role sets the future direction of your Company. The process of creating an effective business strategy for a Company includes creating the vision.
AMBASSADOR - Meeting with important clients and partners once or twice a year for an informal lunch or dinner. The idea here is to get to know the client and for them to get to know you.
INVENTOR - Success in business requires the CEO to continually search for new products or services. The inventor ensures the strategic direction of the Company by aligning new products or service ideas with the client.
COACH - Being a coach or mentor to your direct reports. The CEO should instill a culture of learning throughout all levels of the organization. This will ensure they can see the big picture of the Company just as you can.
INVESTOR - You should know the market value of your Company. Given that, you should also strive to grow the business in the way the market value will increase. You should see your Company as an investment.
STUDENT - Stay active in some form of continued professional development. This practice should lead you outside your area of expertise to make you a more rounded business executive.
These six essential roles should be an everyday occurrence for you and your Company. They should be driving your daily calendar and how you make best use of your time.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
DO YOU HAVE A PERSONAL VISION STATEMENT?
My business coach asked me to prepare a personal vision statement the other day. I was intrigued by his request and wanted to learn more. Here is what I found.
A personal vision statement is a statement that describes what you want to create for yourself and the world around you. The first step in creating a personal vision statement is to write down the results you want in your life that you deeply desire. Describe in detail your imagined experience. What does it look like? How does it feel? Please use present tense when describing your ideal life.
The second step is to reflect on your first vision component. Is what you wrote close to a picture of what you actually want? In this part, you are learning what your vision is. It is irrelevant whether your vision is possible or not. Suspend your doubts, worries, and fears about the limits of your future. Continue to write as if real life could live up to your deepest wishes.
I know it might be difficult to write down what you deeply desire. Those thoughts enter your head like, I can't have what I want or I'm afraid of what I want or I don't know what I want. These types of thoughts need to be suppressed as you continue to write your vision statement.
The third step in describing a personal vision is to answer these questions for the following categories.
Self-image: What are the qualities of the person you want to be?
Tangibles: What material things would I like to own?
Home: What is the ideal living environment?
Health: What is your desire for health, fitness, and anything to do
with your body.
Relationship:What types of relationships do you want to have with friends,
family, and loved ones?
Work: What is ideal professional or vocational situation?
Personal: What would you like to create for individual learning?
Start with a blank piece of paper and sit in a quiet place to write/type, and think. A few deep breaths and then let yourself go and write down all the things you want in life. You will be amazed when you put your dreams to paper. Good luck.
A personal vision statement is a statement that describes what you want to create for yourself and the world around you. The first step in creating a personal vision statement is to write down the results you want in your life that you deeply desire. Describe in detail your imagined experience. What does it look like? How does it feel? Please use present tense when describing your ideal life.
The second step is to reflect on your first vision component. Is what you wrote close to a picture of what you actually want? In this part, you are learning what your vision is. It is irrelevant whether your vision is possible or not. Suspend your doubts, worries, and fears about the limits of your future. Continue to write as if real life could live up to your deepest wishes.
I know it might be difficult to write down what you deeply desire. Those thoughts enter your head like, I can't have what I want or I'm afraid of what I want or I don't know what I want. These types of thoughts need to be suppressed as you continue to write your vision statement.
The third step in describing a personal vision is to answer these questions for the following categories.
Self-image: What are the qualities of the person you want to be?
Tangibles: What material things would I like to own?
Home: What is the ideal living environment?
Health: What is your desire for health, fitness, and anything to do
with your body.
Relationship:What types of relationships do you want to have with friends,
family, and loved ones?
Work: What is ideal professional or vocational situation?
Personal: What would you like to create for individual learning?
Start with a blank piece of paper and sit in a quiet place to write/type, and think. A few deep breaths and then let yourself go and write down all the things you want in life. You will be amazed when you put your dreams to paper. Good luck.
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