Have you ever had a great idea for a project at work and pitched it fellow employees? And they didn’t see the value in the idea? For example, in your organization do you have a complex change management process in your accounting system? To your team and yourself you know how to navigate this complex process because you deal with it every day. To a new person this process could be burdensome and seem inefficient.
If you want to change this process you need to cast a convincing vision.
Define the problem you are solving
As Andy Stanley (Podcast Link) mentions in his vision podcast below, you need to define the problem you are solving with your vision. The challenge in my example above– everyone is using a broken system and is used to dealing with it. Your challenge is to communicate to your organization that that there is a better way and present a solution that eliminates your broken system.
What would go un-done if your organization did not exist?
you need to answer: “What is the problem your vision is going to solve?” Andy Stanley points this out in his books and podcasts. You need to find a solution to your problem and why your vision is important. By stating in front of your congregation that you need more children program volunteers may make it hard for your congregation to “feel” the problem. You need to state your vision in another way. You can say, ‘We need more children program volunteers to increase the safety of the children in the program.’ This way people “feel” the problem with the word safety.
Remember to position your vision as a solution to a problem and you will be a long way to making your vision a reality.
Click this link to listen to Andy’s Pod Cast —> Stating_Vision_Simply
