Then he manages to communicate this Vision to his or her associates with power and clarity, and all the while treating everyone with respect and appreciation. Allocate this quality time if you want to be a Visionary Leader. One of these writers told me every time he sat down to think, he began to worry about problems. This is not Visionary Thinking, this is worrying. When you sit down to create a vision for your company, start thinking about the way things ought to be.
Some great leaders spend days just thinking about what ought to be.
I know several CEOs who spend many hours each week working on their vision in this way. That's what Visionaries do. Visionaries sometimes get a bad reputation because many people believe they are just dreamers. They can see things the way they ought to be. When you form a clear and powerful vision about the way things ought to be, you create an awesome tension.