The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations (J-B Leadership Challenge: Kouzes/Posner)

individuals who are perceived to be charismatic are simply more animated than people who are not. They

Metaphors influence what people think,

The word vision itself has at its root the verb “to see.” Vision statements, then, are more like word pictures. They are images of the future. For people to share a vision, they have to be able to see it in the mind's eye.

Exemplary leaders don't impose their visions of the future; they liberate the vision that's already stirring in their constituents.

When you can make it clear to people that their work is making a difference, you strengthen their intrinsic motivation.

they want to be part of the vision development process. As

You need to imagine the end result and communicate your vision of the future so that your constituents can see their ideals and aspirations included in that vision. They want to see themselves in the future that you are envisioning and this requires getting others on board who have to help implement the vision.

They only actively support those leaders who are deeply enthusiastic.

Eric asked the group to come up with a “simple, meaningful, inspiring, and impactful vision statement” to express the central theme that ran through all the stories and keywords.