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chapter 13 Faulty Vision

I‘ve got good news and bad. The bad news is that we’re lost. The good news is that we’re making great time. The point of this old saw is that team talent, efficiency, intelligence, and clout are pretty useless unless the team has some clue where it is going and how it is to contribute to the organization’s overall strategies for success.

We’re talking about vision here, one of the most misunderstood and misapplied ideas making the rounds now. Vision is not a “vision statement.” It is not something created in hindsight, or with an eye toward external consumption. It is not something you pay consultants $450 an hour to create for you at a weekend retreat by a warm fireplace and cash bar. It is not printed in bronze ...

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