Why Vision Matters in Crisis

The Double Win

Michael Hyatt

Education, Productivity, Influence, Teamleadership, Self-improvement, Selfdevelopment, Achievement, Business, Intentionality, Management, Personaldevelopment, Selfleadership, Leadership

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🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

As a leader, you’ve thought a lot about where to take your business in the next year. But major disruptions—like the coronavirus crisis—can upend your vision. It’s a disorienting time, and it’s tempting to just hunker down and try to survive. Is it even possible to have a vision for the future right now? Yes, it is. We’ve weathered crises before, including the Great Recession. Based on our experience in leading a large company through tough times, we believe your vision matters now more than ever. In this episode, we’ll tell you why. And we’ll offer a practical method for clarifying your vision, even in times of uncertainty. In this episode, you’ll discover— Why vision is needed more than ever during these troublesome times What you can’t afford to do when you experience fear as a leader Tips on getting into the right headspace for visioneering Questions you can ask yourself about what you want life on the other side of the crisis to look like Suggestions on how you can care for your team and show them you value them for the long haul What competitive rowing can teach you about leadership A sneak peek into Michael’s new book, The Vision Driven Leader How to get your team pointed in the same direction and accelerate progress See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This episode of Lead to Win is brought to you by Michael Hyatt's new book, The Vision Driven Leader,
0:06.0	releasing everywhere on March 31st. Pre-order your copy for over $600 and free bonuses at vision-driven leader.com.
0:15.0	Hi, I'm Michael Hyatt.
0:19.0	And I'm Megan Hyatt Miller.
0:21.0	And this is lead to win, our weekly podcast, to help you win at work and
0:24.6	succeed at life. And today I want to talk to you about something that is
0:27.9	critical to your business, especially during the coronavirus crisis. I'm
0:32.4	talking about vision.
0:34.0	Well dad we had in vision speaking of vision something a little different for this
0:41.6	episode this is actually the launch day for your latest book,
0:45.2	the Vision Driven Leader, and a couple of months ago we had a big party plan for today.
0:49.6	It's going to be a whole thing, but clearly that is not exactly happening in fact we're
0:54.5	recording this virtually not even you know in the same room with each other as we
0:58.0	normally would now that's exactly right I mean things are way different than they
1:02.1	were a month ago.
1:02.8	It feels like we're in a completely alternate universe,
1:05.6	but there's a lot of uncertainty in the air.
1:07.5	We're certainly mindful of that.
1:08.8	But I got to tell you, I'm convinced that it is exactly the time
1:12.3	we need to be talking about vision.
1:15.0	So I don't know if you remember the scene in the Apollo 13 movie where things were looking
1:19.7	very bleak and one of the NASA staffers says this could be the worst disaster
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