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The Power of a Vision ... A Leader's Journey.(Brief Article)
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Manage
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May 1, 2001
- Author:
- Mintzer, Barbara
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2001 National Management Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The visionary has the challenge of formulating and articulating a corporate vision that employees can buy into and work towards.
Employees today have very definite ideas of what they want and expect from a job and the organization they work for. A few generations ago, "a good day's wage for a good day's work" was sufficient to keep many people on the job for a long time. If you threw in benefits, too, most people would stay forever.
That is not the case today. Employees today come into an organization with the mindset of "you should be grateful to have me here, and this is what I want." They have a sense of entitlement not seen in employees before, and managers are ...