Smart Leadership: Part 3 – Inspire a Shared Vision

When the byproducts of a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream plant overloaded a local waste treatment plant and nearly had to shut down, administrative assistant Gail Mayville found an unorthodox solution that saved people’s jobs, kept the plant open, and jump-started a new and rewarding career. What Gail and thousands of other leaders share is the characteristic of being forward-looking – of being concerned not just about today’s problems but also about tomorrow’s possibilities. They see something out ahead, vague as it might appear from a distance, and they imagine that extraordinary feats are possible and that the ordinary could be transformed into something noble. Find out how Gail solved the problem – and why leaders need to be able to look beyond the present moment to see an ideal version of the future. This SmartTeam course – which focuses on the third principle, “Inspire a Shared Vision,” will help you learn to communicate your vision clearly and enlist others in making this dream a reality. This is the third in a series of courses adopted from the highly respected book, The Leadership Challenge, written by 336095.