Of course lack of getting things done might be a result of things like the corporate culture, the type of business or the need it resolves.

Successful Corporate Strategies

But another familiar issue with corporate strategies is that they stay nothing but boardroom talk. (Don’t take me wrong here; there’s absolutely nothing wrong with talking about strategies at boardroom level.)
Yet you don’t want to end up with too many employees even failing to name the mission and vision statement of their own organization.

What you do want is your company’s strategic vision to become successful.  This is only possible if your company’s vision is translated in practical plans that work.

Where Are We Heading At, Captain?

Could you imagine how a ship set sail with a crew which isn’t aware of the location they’re heading at? Probably not.
Let’s use this metaphor to describe how you managers will execute your vision for building your organization.

Preferably a ship has only a single captain who decides about the direction.
And you don’t want to have any of the crew members interfere the wheel, because it this will make the ship drift about.
Also it’s important to keep the ship on speed, so the crew should set the sails properly and the process of  raising the sails should elapse flawlessly.
Besides, there should be proper communication in a way that the captain can adjust the direction based on physical conditions like the depth of the water or the weather forecast.
And finally, sometimes there’s just a need to set anchor and get all resources filled up again.

Visualization Can Make People Move

If you want to get people enthusiastic for an idea, one of the most powerful ways to do so is to describe in detail how the future could look with that dream realized.

This illustration part is so important, because it makes it possible to put things in context through comparison (this is actually one of the first topics covered in Predictably Irrational – you should read it).

“We are all beings of habit and we tend to repeat what we are comfortable with.
This constrains our creativity, prevents us from exploring new ideas, and hampers our dealing with the full complexity of new issues.”
- Noel Tichy (1983)

Visualization is one of the most powerful ways to break through the comfort zone.

Are you using it already?