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[Music] hi I'm suzan Matson welcome to this whiteboard session on how to lead with vision according to Harvard Business Review enlisting others in a shared view of the future is the attribute that most distinguishes leaders from non-leaders what that means is that we expect our leaders to be Visionary but we don't necessarily expect that from our co-workers when you lead with vision it means that you're really good at inspiring and motivating your team to help you implement the Project's vision and thereby deliver the Project's objectives and benefits let's look at how you can do that
the first step really is for you to partner with your client if this is your client many project managers see see themselves as being less important they almost subordinate themselves they see themselves as subcontractors but for you to lead with vision you've got to truly partner because if you truly partner with your client you are able to ask the real questions about what is this project going to do for your business you need to understand everything that's in your client's head and you can really only do that if you truly partner this means that you need to understand all the business drivers and you need to co-own the business case with your client I'm not saying that you must own the business case all on your own co-own it with your client and convey that picture convey those business drivers to your team so that you can begin to provide that vision and Direction
some project managers are very task oriented they tell their team members to work on task a task B without giving them the context now that's not very motivating it certainly isn't leading with vision so you've got to really explain the future state and make it appealing so where were we before where are we now and where are we going what does that Vision look like and Link it to corporate strategy link it to your client's corporate strategy because everybody likes to work on projects that give meaning and purpose and that's why you need to link it to the purpose motive why might each individual team member want to help you implement this Vision because there's something in it for them they find it motivating thank you for watching please visit us again at projectmanager.com