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Jennifer Sweet
Jennifer, I enjoyed reading your post. Your personal experience was something, I think, is
essential for all to understand. Developing a vision and strategy is not something limited to just
the workplace. We can use this skill in areas like your examples of teacher, student and mother.
These skills can be helpful in our volunteer settings, churches, and even in our close friend
groups, to expand on the areas. When we want things to be different in our lives, be it family,
business, relationships, volunteering, or other areas we have an interest in we can’t change the
past. However, we can learn from the past and make improvements. The improvements we want
to make are our vision (Fiset & Robinson, 2020). A list of goals and a list of outcomes we don't
want to happen are helpful to have to create a vision. When we think of vision, what we want is
our go-to. It will benefit the vision if we take the time to think about the things we don't want to
happen and through that we will be able to create a plan to ensure they don't. In the end, when we
have communicated to those involved in our vision or our change, it has become our vision
statement (Fiset & Robinson, 2020).
One thing I found interesting in my research is the issues that can arise between the time we
make our visions be known to everyone and when the vision changes start taking place. If we are
not ready to execute the vision when we make it known, situations can change that are out of our
control which can impact our visions (Hulke et al., 2020). If we make an implementation plan
when developing our vision, we will be prepared in the best way to see that vision come to
fruition.
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References:
Fiset, J., & Robinson, M. A. (2020). Developing foresight through the evaluation and
construction of Vision statements: An experiential exercise.2Organization Management
Journal,217(2), 99–115. https://doi.org/10.1108/omj-03-2019-08222
Hulke, C., Kairu, J. K., & Diez, J. R. (2020). Development Visions, livelihood realities – how
conservation shapes agricultural value chains in the Zambezi Region,
Namibia.2Development Southern Africa,238(1), 104–121.
https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835x.2020.18382602
Deborah Gaskell
Deborah, I enjoyed reading your post. Learning the skills and tricks to empower others to help
achieve goals is valuable to know how to implement. When we have others helping move our
mission and visions forward, we will be able to achieve things more significant than we initially
thought. Those helping will also feel the accomplishments and success when we empower them
in the right way.
One thing I came across in my research was one issue when trying to empower others in ways
that may not seem genuine. When there is too much of a sunshiny attitude but no action or
guidance, those you are leading will not feel empowered and it can come off as phony. When we
pay attention to relations, we can provide the proper support to empower those we work with in
the best way possible (Nunn, 2019). If we are not paying attention to how we are empowering
others, we can easily fail at doing so.
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One way that I read in my research to empower others was to give employees choices so they
can decide how to help in furthering the goals of the organization. When they are they have the
options, they can realize their own goals to reach achievements (J. H. Coun et al., 2021). When
choices are given to those we are leading, they can take ownership of what they are doing instead
of just being given tasks to do. I know, for myself, when I feel like I am truly contributing to a
mission or vision, I am more driven to do my best.
When we are empowering others, it can end up furthering everyone's goals and help employees
achieve successful work. Not to sound cheesy, but when we empower others, we all win and it
becomes a win-win situation. We want to make sure we have the necessary skills to empower
others.
References:
J. H. Coun, M., Peters, P., Blomme, R. J., & Schaveling, J. (2021). ‘to empower or not to
empower, that’s the question’. using an empowerment process approach to explain
employees’ workplace proactivity.2The International Journal of Human Resource
Management, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2021.18792042
Nunn, A. (2019). Activating community workers in governing conduct: Tensions in the practices
to empower others.2Community Development Journal,255(4), 570–587.
https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsz0062
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