Note from Phil:
Stephen Smith is back for another great series of articles on vision, leadership, and the future of great management and great leadership. This is the first in a series of 3. Thanks Stephen!
Note: This is a guest post from @Stephen, editor of Business Development in Context and a co-founder of the work.life.creativity forum. You can follow him on Twitter at @hdbbstephen.
Back in October I wrote about Communicating Your Vision in this space. As my “digital nomad” business grows and develops, my vision for its development become increasingly important. As the manager of a business, department or team, …read more

Note: This is a guest post from @Stephen, editor of Business Development in Context and a co-founder of the work.life.creativity forum. You can follow him on Twitter at @hdbb_stephen.
It is very important for a manager to have a vision of where they want to lead their team. It is even more important to communicate this vision to the rest of the team. In order to successfully communicate your vision, you should be able to address the following four qualities:
1. Your vision must describe the preferred future. This works best if the language is in the present tense, as though you …read more