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Developing Your Vision and Goals

This module explores the concept of vision and guides participants in developing a vision statement for their region. It also covers the elements of good regional goals and provides tools for setting SMART goals.

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Developing Your Vision and Goals

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  1. Developing Your Visionand Goals Module Four

  2. Something to Think About Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. Japanese Proverb

  3. Outline of Module Four • What’s This Thing Called “Vision”? • Features of a Strong Regional Vision Statement • Developing a Vision Statement for Your Region • Elements of Good Regional Goals

  4. What’s This Thing Called “Vision”? Vision is the art of seeing the invisibleJonathan Swift • Describes the future situation you want to achieve • Responds to these key questions: • What do you want your region to be? • What are your dreams for the region?

  5. The Words of a Famous Coach All the great leaders have been people of great vision, men and women able to provide insight into what is possible. Vision is your view of the group’s future, the place you want to be after the transformation is complete. For the people you are leading, vision is their belief in the overall game plan, their belief that this plan is in their best interest. Without this, all your dreams, all our ideas, can easily be derailed. Rick Pitino (2000). Lead to Succeed: 10 Traits of Great Leadership in Business and Life

  6. Features of a Strong Vision Statement Source: Killam, D. (2003)

  7. Building a Shared Vision:A Step-by-Step Approach Source: Mind Tools, LTD (2011)

  8. Let’s Try It !

  9. Group Activity: Developing a Vision Statement

  10. Steps in Building a Vision Statement 1. Each Person – Reflect on the Following (5 minutes): What does this region look like in 20-30 years? How and where do people live? What do they do for work? What are your hopes/aspirations for the region? 2. In Small Groups – Share Your Ideas (10 minutes) Common themes most important for your group’s regional work 3. Report Your Small Group’s Key Themes (8 minutes) 4. Develop Draft of a Vision Statement (10 minutes) Source: Adapted from The Power of Appreciative Inquiry 2nd Edition. Diana Whitney and Amanda Trosten-Bloom (2010)

  11. Thinking of our destination:Being SMART!

  12. GENERATING IDEAS FOR POSSIBLE REGIONAL GOALS

  13. Let’s Brainstorm Some Ideas Rules for Brainstorming: • No ideas are “bad.” • Don’t get bogged down in detail. • Consensus is not necessary at this point.

  14. Goals: The Result of Careful Study Workforce Skills Past History Barriers

  15. A Goal is a. . . Dream with a Deadline It is an observable and measurable end result having one or more objectives to be achieved within a certain timeframe. Source: BusinessDirect.com

  16. Developing a SMART Goal Prepare a goal that’s crystal clear, concise: SMART! Vague Goals = Vague Results

  17. SMART Goals Source: Heathfield, S.M. (2011)

  18. Example of a SMART Goal Goal 1: Increase the survival rate of new business start-ups (less than 5-years-old) from 50% to 75% in the Big Coast Region by Dec. 2014 Goal 2: Establish a public/private funded business incubator center in the Big Coast Region by Dec. 2013; House 15 business incubator firms in this center by Dec. 2015

  19. Is this Goal SMART?

  20. WHAT IS YOUR GOAL AS A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION?

  21. Organizational Goal Worksheet

  22. Final Reflections • What did you find most helpful and valuable in this module? • Are there any items that need to be clarified?

  23. Homework Ideas • Finalize the Vision Statement • Ask 2-3 locals for reactions to the vision statement (if completed) • Fine-tune your organizational goal • Other items?

  24. What’s Ahead Module Five: Examine a variety of regional data: • Population • Education • Workforce • Social • More

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