The Importance of Vision for Any Business

Guest post by: Hal Pitt
Become an Author

Free PDF Download
Don’t Make This Mistake When Building Your Internet Marketing Business - By Hal Pitt

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.

Achieving Swift Vision for Your Business or Organization

What Is Your Company's Vision?

There is a huge difference between see and foresee

How a Vision Statement Can Influence Your Business Success

Top Ten Reasons to Write Down Your Life Vision Today

Vision check

Are You Applying Your Vision?

LEADER KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEE AND FORESEE.

See The Vision Often

Is Your Vision 20/20?

Why Transformation Efforts Fail

Leadership and Vision: What's Your Cathedral?

The Purpose of having a Vision

3 Essentials for a Shared Vision: Aligning Management and Staff

How is a 'Vision' Developed?

Lesson #5: Strong Management Is The Backbone Of A Strong Company

The Art of Leadership: Part One

How To Make Your CEO Brand A Leader.

Be the CEO of Your Life and Your Business!

How to Create a Compelling Vision for your Business

Home > Home-Based-Business > Hal Pitt > The Importance of Vision for Any Business > Google +

Referred by: http://jaykubassek.com

Free PDF Download
Don’t Make This Mistake When Building Your Internet Marketing Business - By Hal Pitt

About the Author: Hal Pitt

RSS for Hal's articles - Visit Hal's website
Hal Pitt is an international trainer and speaker. He is the CEO of Hal Pitt Seminars, a leadership training and consulting company, and Hal Pitt Enterprises, an Internet Marketing company. He is a twenty-two year veteran of the United States Air Force. Hal also teaches leadership and communication courses at Regis University and the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, and is a published author of the book, Unleashing the Power of Everyday Leadership. Hal's claim to fame is his Blueprint to Excellence workshop that shows participants exactly how to build an organization or team from the ground up.

Hal is also a successful Internet marketer and member of Internet marketing programs that include Wealth Masters International and CarbonCopy Pro. His mission is to educate and support those who have a desire to generate wealth through successful Internet marketing campaigns.

Click here to visit Hal's website.

More from Hal Pitt
The Importance of Vision for Any Business
Dont Make This Mistake When Building Your Internet Marketing Business
How to Create a Simple and Practical Business Vision Statement
What Makes Business People Succeed

Share this article. Fund someone's dream.

Share this post and you'll help support entrepreneurs in Africa through our partnership with Kiva. Over $50,000 raised and counting - Please keep sharing! Learn more.

Featured Blog

Understanding the Sales Force Blog
By Dave Kurlan, Sales Assessment Expert

The Importance of Vision for Any Business

Related Articles

Related Forum Posts

Share this article. Fund someone's dream.


Name:
Email: