12 / 69The 7 Questions of Leadership1 min read
Vision & Purpose
The questionWhat is our vision, is it driven by our purpose, and what is holding us back from reaching it?
Two coordinates, not a poster. The vision is the picture of the world once your work is done — the destination. The purpose is the thing you can do every day that moves you toward it — the fuel. This question asks for something simpler than three statements and harder than a plaque: a destination and a daily action, both short enough to remember without trying, and an honest naming of the roadblocks in the way.
Vision and purpose are the two coordinates that orient every other decision. Without them, organisations drift internally — promises slip, people disengage, and the leader works harder to compensate while the gap widens. People will sell things to feed their family; they will build something to change a world. The destination is what sustains a team through a hard week — and what makes a leader's job delegable instead of heroic.
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