January 7th, 2011 
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Why Organizational Leadership Training Should Create Visionary Leaders
Author: Bill Thomas
Organizational leadership training courses should help leaders create statements of vision, convincingly communicate their missions and connect visionary leadership strategies to their daily practice of leading others.
How can organizational leadership training help you develop vision statements and enable your missions to achieve the most demanding business improvement and executive management goals?
You’ll know how effective the visionary modules of your organizational leadership training and development efforts have been when your actions begin to payoff in producing these three fundamental imperatives :
1) You provide your followers with a compelling yet desirable vision of their possibilities which ensure their endeavors will result in achievements of lasting value;
2) You write your envisioned mission in clear, plain language so that your associates are able to run with and carry its meaning forward to others;
3) Your use the vision to indicate an appointed, yet significant time in the future and even though it appears to be delayed in coming, it will eventually become your reality.
Are You Becoming the Visionary Leader Others Need You to be?
“To be or not to be, that is the question.” – William Shakespeare
The challenge facing your organizational leadership training program is simply this – your business leadership or executive management training must prepare you to robustly serve the growth needs of your people by:
- Helping them shape their desires, dreams and destinies
- Enabling them to transcend their doubts, fears or anxiety of change,
- Empowering them to achieve the tangible, essential realistic products of the vision
You can best demonstrate your wisdom as well as your visionary leadership skills by physically and psychologically engaging your key partners and stakeholders in the development and expansion of your vision statements.
Your visioning process would involve those important people by employing their intellectual inputs of judgment, knowledge and imagination coupled with the emotional capital of their willingness, commitment and confidence.
Well-designed organizational leadership training courses can transform your latent talents into visionary leadership excellence. Business leadership training workshops or executive management training programs which feature elements of visioning and visionary leadership are worth their weight in gold.
In today’s knowledge-driven, global economy, your job title and duties in the workplace compel you to take action within the boundaries of a vision. This means you must be an effective professional leader who delivers 3 outcomes:
1) Do you weave tapestries of creative vision-based patterns [through your idea formation and opportunity-spotting exercises]?
2) How well do you sew and knit together the threads of themes, concepts and principles found within your particular base of knowledge [through mapping, modeling, or organizing the team's journey or group's adventure]?
3) What do you do that connects you to and gets you working with the inner motives, personal values and aspirations of your followers, partners and your stakeholders to forge committed, enthusiastic networks of powerful influence and competencies [through your efforts of coordinating, communicating, directing]?
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Bill Thomas directs the Leadership-Toolkit, Awesome Leaders and Innovation Leaders. His training and coaching of clients in 75 nations center on business, organizational leadership, innovation, strategy and technology issues. He writes, consults and teaches about the models, skills and resources knowledge professionals, managers and executives require for creating wealth in the Imagination Age.
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Is it necessary to attend business school?
i attend a prestigious university and i plan to graduate with a degree in human organizational development. The program is unique to the university. i plan to do a internship in san francisco-hopefully in the financial district. i want to be a financial analyst and possibly move into the investment banking division. i’m not for sure whether to jump right into the work force or get in a MBA in finance. i’ve had the opportunity to attend info sessions presented by Goldman Sachs, UBS, and Wachovia. I know that some of these firms provide on the job training.
Bentley College is where I graduated from. It’s a great business school if you live in Boston.
Yes.
Do it.
Can anyone recommend a masters in organisational development including any on-line masters?
I’ve heard that the Fielding Institute in the States has a good programme. Alternatively, can anyone share their experiences of the Birbeck Programme (Masters in Organisational Behaviour).
Thanks in anticipation.
Good on you mate
is it necessary to attend business school?
i attend a prestigious university and i plan to graduate with a degree in human organizational development. The program is unique to the university. i plan to do a internship in san francisco-hopefully in the financial district. i want to be a financial analyst and possibly move into the investment banking division. i’m not for sure whether to jump right into the work force or get in a MBA in finance. i’ve had the opportunity to attend info sessions presented by Goldman Sachs, UBS, and Wachovia. I know that some of these firms provide on the job training.
Get a job first. As you say, training opportunities exist, and most MBA programs prefer you have some full-time experience before you apply.
What PhD programs should I apply to (1200 GRE)?
I’m interested in pursuing a PhD related to Organizational Development, but I’m unsure of where to apply with my scores. Please let me know if you have any recommendations.
GRE: 550V, 650Q
MBA – 3.4 GPA
B.S. in Management – 3.25 GPA
4 years of strong work exp. including a Fortune 100 company
Thanks!
I would recommend applying to any school you truly want to go to, writing an excellent personal statement, and if they come back to you and say “Hey you weren’t the greatest student” show them that you are motivated and will pay your tuition the same.
My coworker is in a similar boat. His grades weren’t top notch, he got a call from the dean of the school to which he wanted to go (in this case, Gonzaga), the dean said “Your grades were a little low” to which he replied “Yes” and the dean followed up with, “And your GRE wasn’t that good either” “Yup”, “So why should we accept you” “Because I will do my best to succeed.”
And that was that, he got in.
PhD programs in Industrial-Organizational Psychology?
I’ve been out of psychology for several years now, actually working in public health. I do have a BS in psychology & an MA in training & development, and I’m an Associate Member of the APA. I had a 3.6 GPA in my undergrad & a 4.0 GPA in my MA program. But like I said I haven’t been working in the psychology field for about 10 years now, and I don’t have any publications to my credit though I did work on a psychology department research study about 10 years ago, but that was a health psychology study.
My GRE scores are not great 1000 – 1100 range and I’m 41 years old, so I’m guessing those things are counting against me. LOL.
What do you think my chances of getting into a PhD program in I-O Psychology are? I’m not expecting to go to a great school considering my low GRE, but what about a mediocre school for I-O Psych? Would I still be able to get work if I did complete a PhD in I-O Psych from a lower-ranked school? Or is the I-O job market too competitive?
Have you also considered something in Health Psychology? I would think with your work experience in public health that might be an edge you would have over other applicants that don’t have work experience. Or you might consider a blended program, one that involves aspects of I-O & Health psych, I know I’ve seen a few of those. I think if you do a thorough search you will find some programs that you match up with. I don’t think your age is such a negative factor as you think. It’s practical work experience, and it’s not like you’ve been doing something totally unrelated. Plus your GPA looks good and being a member in the APA shows you have maintained an interest in psychology, even though you have been working in public health. Despite your low GRE, there are programs that would accept you with those numbers. I don’t know so much about the job prospects in I-O after you graduate, maybe someone else can answer that for you. Good luck!