{"id":6400,"date":"2019-03-18T19:40:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T00:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=6400"},"modified":"2019-03-18T19:40:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T00:40:34","slug":"how-to-leverage-your-personal-vision-to-power-your-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/18\/how-to-leverage-your-personal-vision-to-power-your-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Leverage Your Personal Vision To Power Your Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The clearer your personal vision, the more compelling will be your personal leadership.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A personal vision is that innate, unshakable understanding of the role you have been uniquely designed to fulfill. Ultimately, the power of your personal vision is what\u00a0drives\u00a0you to want to lead at the highest level possible.<\/p>\n

One of the clearest examples of this is found in the life of Moses; a leader whose story is found in the first five books of the bible.<\/p>\n

From his earliest days, Moses\u2019 life was defined by his hatred of oppression in any form.<\/p>\n

In one such instance, Moses witnessed an Egyptian task-master abusing a Hebrew slave. Moses couldn\u2019t stand it. At the sight of this oppression, something inside Moses snapped, and he ended up killing the Egyptian (Exodus 2: 11,12).<\/p>\n

Later, Moses witnessed a group of shepherds harassing 7 sisters who were attempting to draw water from a well. Once again, Moses\u2019 deeply-held desire to free the oppressed boiled over, and he came to the rescue of the women. (Exodus 2: 15 \u2013 17)<\/p>\n

Moses led out of a personal vision to free the oppressed. And it was that clarity of vision that compelled him to become the leader he would need to be to accomplish the task. Moses\u2019 personal vision to free the oppressed uniquely qualified him to lead the Israelites to freedom.<\/p>\n

Each of us as leaders must similarly bring clarity to our own personal vision. Like Moses, we need to be able to know exactly what it is that drives us forward; we must be able to articulate that deep inner purpose that fuels our leadership.<\/p>\n

How can you discover your personal vision? Start the journey by asking yourself these 5 questions:<\/p>\n

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  1. \n

    What seems to be the \u201ccommon denominator\u201d in the causes to which you\u2019re drawn?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n

    When you look at great leaders whom you most admire, what are the common qualities you see?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n
  3. \n

    In what arenas has your leadership tended to be the most effective?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n
  4. \n

    How would others describe your areas of passion?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n
  5. \n

    When you one day look back on your life, where would you like to have made the greatest impact?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    To be clear, discovering your personal vision will not make you a great leader. But it will start you on a journey towards greater leadership effectiveness.<\/p>\n

    Because the clearer your personal vision, the more compelling will be your personal leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The clearer your personal vision, the more compelling will be your personal leadership. A personal vision is that innate, unshakable understanding of the role you have been uniquely designed to fulfill. Ultimately, the power of your personal vision is what\u00a0drives\u00a0you to want to lead at the highest level possible. One of the clearest examples…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1015,738,478,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-action","category-character","category-effectiveness-2","category-featured","category-leadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6400"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6402,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6400\/revisions\/6402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}