What is your vision?
The great leader and visionary, Martin Luther King Jr., would have celebrated his 84th birthday this week. Dr. King held the vision of equality for all. He dreamed a world where, “little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.” In some parts of the world this is possible. It’s possible in my world, in my family, where only fifty years ago it was impossible.
Holding a vision for the world we want to create—even if we don’t live to see that world—is central to leadership. Leaders inspire with their vision of what’s possible despite the nay-sayers. The leaders I admire most live out their vision in their daily lives. They embody their vision. Their enthusiasm and deeply lived passion enrolls others in the creation of a shared vision. We want to follow them; we want to help create what they hold out for us as attainable, possible, and filled with grace.
What about you? How are you holding your vision? Who is holding it with you?
