Visioning Services
- Are you on the edge of the cliff, morale-wise, at your company
yet you can’t blame it all on the current economy?
- Is a lagging sense of company direction a significant
problem where you work?
- Are customer service and quality problems the main focus
of every work day?
- Do these problems prevent you from building a thriving enterprise
for the future, as opposed to mere survival in these current times?
If declining profits and competition are snatching up great opportunities, it’s time for a critical change. Overcome distraction, employee frustration and poor time management.
You know something needs to change, and FAST. If the idea of “visioning” intimidates you, push your fears aside and turn your vision into a reality.
Over the past fifteen years of working with both large and small companies, I’ve heard many clients ask about how to create individual, as well as team goals. The challenge is to move into action both succinctly and graphically. You can use a powerful vision to refocus, then direct your team's attention and energy very effectively to bigger, more important goals. The experience and the vison that results lead you to higher profitability, product and service quality, customer satisfaction, and much more.
Concerns about visioning fell into four broad categories:
- We’ve never believed in that “right brain thinking.” It can’t work here, can it? Yes, it CAN work for you, no matter how analytical you and your team are, or how you normally work.
- Will I get laughed at when I suggest it? Maybe, but if you approach it with a positive spirit as a simple but significant way to improve the company or your team, it will be met with curiosity and confidence.
- We may find resistance if we post our vision in the office. Just remember, if your current system isn’t working, something has to change, somehow. You need a way to create a powerful shared goal to inspire, coalesce and guide your team. We’ll show you how.
- OK, I’m thinking about it…but I’m just not sure yet. Visioning has been described by people who have experienced the power of it as a shared creative experience that solidifies a bond between teammates. It strengthens their experience of their shared vision and shared future. Put power behind your team with our visioning expertise.
If these apply to you, then read on…
If you had all of the answers to these questions and issues at your company now, then visioning would be easy. What if…
- You could comfortably work together to express individual aspirations, fears, frustrations and dreams for the business, team and yourself?
- You had little resistance to creative activities, and could use visioning as a game of nothing but positive outcomes?
- You could learn to live outside of your comfort zone to help, or even lead teammates better than ever before? You could transfer the visioning work into clear, viable plans that were easy to follow and implement?
- You easily found time in your schedule to put these plans into action and start creating success?
"Jan communicates very well with both groups
and individuals, making everyone dig deep for ideas, problems, issues, and
improvements. Her creative methods bring forth new ideas, as well as in her
presentation. Jan’s humor and genuine desire to help employees with their
project and process issues sets her apart."
- Controller, financial services firm
Visioning Services
I’ve worked with some very large teams who were initially reluctant
to try visioning. Some predicted outright failure. However, as time and
experience showed them, they were wrong. One person who was part
of a management team during a two-day visioning workshop said before the
event, “We can’t get this done in anything less than two or three months!”
Yet, once they experienced the process and realized how well it works,
the biggest naysayers often become the biggest supporters of the visioning
experience and the changes and improvements that result.
There’s no way around it. We can have a lot of fun creating your
vision. This creative process enables many people of different strengths
and perspectives to express ideas they’ve long kept to themselves. People
have lots of ideas to make their jobs more compelling and satisfying. Giving
them the freedom to express, uninhibited, their ideas, aspirations, and new
ways they can and want to help create a compelling future for your company
or team will lead to prosperous results in many areas.
What the teams achieve, create and learn in the process is usually
much more than anticipated.
Who this service is for…
If you’ve read this far, you will know this service is for you if you’re a senior manager, team leader or member who wants to create the most powerful team you possibly can. You’re not afraid of merging the best ideas from your employees’ analytical and intuitive abilities. Visioning leads to greater team focus and ownership of goals. There will be better understanding of each person’s role and how they contribute to the whole team’s success. All of it adds up to greater overall results, in many ways.
It’s not for you if…
- Your business is operating with clarity, consistency and ease…
- You don’t like trying “right brain” activities, no matter how powerful they might be …
- You find it easy to generate a powerful team environment, experience and results…
- You can easily navigate the changes in your market, company and team without missing a beat…
- You have no problem getting and keeping your team focused on the big picture, as well as individual goals…
- Your business profitability is high enough and you’re sure there couldn’t be a more focused, highly functioning team, anywhere. In fact, you’re willing to bet on it.
Call or e-mail me today if you’re ready to learn more about how visioning can help you create a productive team environment. Click here to send me an e-mail.