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Shaping vision

Shaping vision

Vision is essential to any organisation and leader. With long-term thinking skills, a leader can set
up meaning-driven goals, which helps him/her become inner-directed and able to make
vision-based decisions. This cycle is known as the Balanced Cycle. A person in the balanced cycle
sees the future positively. Instead of being reactive and resistant to changes, he/she is proactive

and embraces change. As he/she is empowered by internal navigation, he/she is more resistant
to the barriers.

Vision-based Long-term
decision making thinking

Balance Cycle

Inner-directed Meaning-driven

On the contrary, a person without vision could easily end up in the stress cycle. People in the stress
cycle typically feel unsatisfied about their life. They have an uneasy feeling that something is
missing, but can hardly pause to think about what it is, as they are 'too busy' to complete their next
tasks. They often have a short-term focus and look for short-term solutions. Their direction
comes from the outside and they make decisions only to react to external forces.

Wealth/power/ Short-term solutions
status-driven

Stress Cycle

Reactive Direction from
decision making outside

A leader needs to have the ability to find the right focus and avoid falling into the stress cycle. In
this phase, we will explore different tactics and strategies to shape the vision of a person or an

organisation.

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