Take Responsibility for the Vision

I spoke recently about "taking responsibility." I want to quote a paragraph from Andy Stanley's book called "Making Vision Stick."

When it comes to making your vision stick, here is the most important thing to remember: You are responsible. It is the leader's responsibility to ensure that people understand and embrace the vision of the organization. We are all tempted at times to blame the people around us for their inability to understand and act on the vision we have cast. But when the leader blames the follower for not following, the leader has ceased to lead. If the followers don't get it, we probably haven't delivered the vision in a way that makes it get-able. WE are responsible for keeping the vision of our organization at the forefront."

stay off the paved road...

--craig