Your Analysis
1. Consider the type of organization you aspire to lead.
To guide your thinking, reflect on the following aspects of the organization:
Size:
Microenterprise (1-10 employees, <$250,000 revenue)
Small Business (10-50 employees, $250,000-$2 million revenue)
Medium-sized Business (50-250 employees, $2 million-$50 million revenue)
Large Business (>250 employees, >$50 million revenue)
Multinational Corporation (thousands of employees globally, billions in revenue)
Industry: What industry does it belong? For example, is it a tech company, a financial services firm, a non-profit, a health care provider, or something else?
Core Values: What are the fundamental beliefs and values that the organization embodies?
Impact: What change does it aim to bring about in the community or market? What unique problem does it solve?
Culture: What kind of internal culture do you want to cultivate? How does it support the organization’s goals?
Your Replies **a minimum of 5 total reply to posts total, reply to at least two people**
Join the discussion with your colleagues. No specific template is needed for your replies. Please keep the tone conversational, yet professional.
In your replies, consider the following points:
Select a colleague to respond to based on how their vision statement resonates with you and motivates you to collaborate with them to turn the vision into reality.
Let the collogue know what about the vision statement resonated with you.
Let the collogue know which of the tactics for engaging others you think would be most impactful to you, and why.
Suggest another tactic they could use to engage others, specifically one that differs from the three they originally posted. Explain why you believe this approach would be effective.
**Make at least 5 reply posts total, reply to at least two people**
Some examples:
You can reply one time to five different people.
You can reply 4 times to one person, and 1 time to another person.
You can reply 3 times to one person, time to another person, and 1 time to another person.
TEMPLATE FOR POST
The Company
I aspire to lead a company characterized by the following attributes:
Size: Replace this text with the size of the organization using one of the categories from above.
Industry: Insert the name of the industry.
Core Value: Replace this text with a list the core values
Impact: Replace this text that describes the impact the company is attempting to make.
Culture: Replace this text with a descriiption of the company’s culture.
My Vision Statement for the Company
Replace this text with your vision statement for the company. The vision statement should address all aspects of a good visions statement (see overview, above).
Enlisting Others
To engage others in realizing the organization’s vision, I would implement the following three tactics:
Describe a specific action or behavior you would personally perform to engage others, explaining why you believe this method would be effective given your current leadership capabilities (you can, but do not have to, refer to your LPI report).
Describe a specific action or behavior you would personally perform to engage others, explaining why you believe this method would be effective given your current leadership capabilities (you can, but do not have to, refer to your LPI report).
Describe a specific action or behavior you would personally perform to engage others, explaining why you believe this method would be effective given your current leadership capabilities (you can, but do not have to, refer to your LPI report).