Vanguard Volume 1, Number 2

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Welcome to the April 2009 issue of Vanguard, the Cymtrix member newsletter. Vanguard is published once a quarter. Looking for previous issues? Visit the archive .

In this issue:

• Six Key Habits of a Visionary Leader

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Six Key Habits of a Visionary Leader

1. Always Have a Clear Vision

Always start by developing a long term view keeping in mind that you will need to see clearer, farther and more than anyone else. Remember that communication increases everyone's commitment to realising the visionary objectives. Continually share the vision in board meetings, from the public speaking podium and in private conversations with those within the organisation. A clear vision of the future makes everyone's work life appealing. When the entire team shares a vision, excitement and anticipation is experienced everywhere. A clear vision takes an organisation beyond day to day mundane operational activities. In any organisation everything is energized with a clear vision.

2. Influence Other Influencers

Evaluate, recognise and utilise all your fundamental leadership qualities and strengths. A great and cohesive leader always generates complimentary, warm and meaningful inter-relationships. All great leaders are able to create clear visions, set goals and objectives, as well as being passionately focused to realise the dream. All leadership styles will need to be adopted at the most appropriate times. A great leader will value and best utilise all kinds of influencers.

How to Influence Others

• When people buy into your shared vision, they buy into your leadership
• To gain and maintain credibility, always do what you say you will do
• To exude confidence, always believe in the vision and remain a hope-filled leader
• Build character in others by teaching from your example ministry
• Always be committed to your cause, as others will see any crack that may appear in your resolve
• Always have and show courage, as your belief in the vision always requires the taking of risks

3. Build a Winning Team

More is always accomplished when people work as an effective team. Synergism captures this idea and allows everyone to combine their unique skill sets and strengths to produce significant achievement for the organisation. Great visionary leaders must forge the right balances of individuals into the most effective teams and ensured they are empowered to reach their agreed goals. By fostering this type of culture everyone will enthusiastically and voluntarily want to take part in the action plan. By developing winning teams the true corporate culture will be automatically aligned to that which is desired from the main directional leadership team.

4. Be a People Person

5. Adopt the Right Attitude

All great leaders have a special ‘attitude' inside them. You can describe it possibility thinking, an enthusiastic and unwavering passion, a consistent ability to think positively, an energised focus, or vital belief. They believe their purpose in life is to move and improve the future outlook of the organisation and in so doing, accomplish what many would describe as the impossible. Every enterprise that desires and seeks sustainable growth must have someone at the top of their team who genuinely believes and communicates an attitude that automatically expects miracles.

6. Never Give Up

Great leaders are always able to face and defeat obstacles and other challenges that appear in their way to achieve and realise their vision. Often such struggles give us strength and determination to fly higher but always provide us with the opportunity for continual learning. The greatest of leaders have all learned from and have suffered the pains of struggling, hardship and the making of mistakes. An individual's strength is the product of constant struggle.