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The Importance of Vision for Any Business
Written by: Hal PittArticle Overview: Having a vision to make a profit is good, but having a vision that puts people above profit is even better.
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The Importance of Vision for Any Business
Here's a story for you:
Three men were working on a wall one day. An elderly woman walks up to the first man
and asks, “Sir, what are you doing?” The
man turns and says, “What does it look like I’m doing? I’m building a wall.”
The woman walks up to the second man and asks, “Sir, what are
you doing? “ The second man turns and
says, “What does it look like I’m doing.
I’m making a paycheck.”
The woman walks up to the third man and asks, “Sir, I’d like
to ask you a question. The first man
down there is just building a wall and the second man is simply building this
wall to make a paycheck. Sir, what are
you doing?”
The third man turned towards the woman and said with a smile
on his face and a twinkle in his eyes, “Ma’am, I’m building a cathedral where
someday men and women will come and worship.”
When we build any business, be it a large corporation or a
small internet marketing business, we have to know why we are building it. Is it simply to be doing something to fill a
void in our lives? Or is it to make
loads and loads of money? Or is it to
build a business where people enjoy coming to work while producing superior products and services?
The
best companies in the world incorporate into their visions the type of
positive culture they want to create. They see the benefit of putting
the associate's welfare above profit. Many in my leadership seminars
scoff at that notion and think it juvenile that a business owner would
be
thinking of the welfare of associates above the bottom line. But
doesn’t it make good business sense to
put people first? Because isn’t it happy
associates who work hard for and are committed to a great company that
puts its
people first, thus excelling at customer service and productivity?
Great companies are defined by these 4 characteristics:
1) They have a caring culture
2) They have clear and enforced standards of performance and behavior
3) They have a supportive culture
4) They have an open culture
In
both my leadership training and Internet marketing companies, I not
only have a vision of being profitable with exceptional products and
services, but also of creating
an environment where people are treated fairly and with respect. I
have learned the hard way that an organizational vision that doesn't
incorporate the welfare of its associates is a vision that won't last.
Once you have the vision to create a people-centered
business, focus on the vision and always keep it front and center. It’s vision that compels us forward and gives
us a reason to get up in the morning and create something wonderful.
Have a big vision. Build
that organizational cathedral where people will want to sit a spell and gaze at the beauty of
its structure. Just make sure that
vision includes other people and their success.
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