Do You Feel Misplaced As An Employee In An Organisation?
Here is What Having a Shared Vision Will Do for You.
Just
as organisations have vision statements that guide their affairs, so should
individuals have personal vision that guide them towards achieving
their personal goals. Vision is the mental picture of a desired future and it
is a force that provides meaning and purpose to the work of an organization. Discovering
yourself is the path to having a clear vision of what you want to accomplish.
Having a clear vision in turn guides your goal setting and your quest to its
fulfillment. Your personal vision guides your life and provides
the direction necessary to chart the course of your days and the choices you
make about your career. A lot of people tend to feel misplaced in the
organisations they work in and they end up complaining, look forward to ‘thank
God it’s Friday’ and sad every Sunday evening at the thought of Monday because
they do not have a sense of ownership in the organisation.
First
things first, you shouldn't even be in an organisation you do not have a shared
vision with. That is, the vision does not tally with your personal vision. A
lot of people make the mistake of applying into organisations all because of
its status or the remuneration. At the end of the day, they merely exist, just
working to fulfill all righteousness and constantly counting down to the next
salary for that is the only thing that keeps them going. Their motivation to
work is only extrinsic. Making your personal vision determine your choice of
career and the position you apply for makes puts you at an advantage and
increases your input in the organisation. Go for a job that has vision is in
line with your passion and every other thing will follow.
It Starts from Having a Clear Personal Vision
If you
don’t already have a personal vision that guides your day to day activities,
goals that sets you on a mission, and a mental image that describes your
perceived future, get some! Sit down, get a pen and notepad and write out what
you want to achieve in life or say in the next one, three, five years or what
have you. Outline your strengths, skills and the things that inspire you.
Knowing what you want influences your choice of career and other areas of your
life. Not having a clear vision is the reason people go from job to jobs but
never getting the satisfaction that comes from being in the right environment
doing what you love.
What Shared Vision Will Do for You
Organisations
conduct training programs that is in line with the objectives as a result of
stated vision in order to imbibe in their workers what the organisation is set
to achieve, it is the concept of Shared Vision. Being an employee in an
organisation that does what you love gives you a sense of ownership and the
moment you see your job as working for yourself with a free office, you become liberated
from the constant challenges that most workers face when they begin to feel
like they are only another person’s dream come true and neglecting theirs.
Having a Sense of Ownership
Incorporating
your personal vision to your organisation’s is about knowing what you want and finding
the organisation that can help you achieve it. Going to work becomes fun, it
gives you a sense of duty that makes you want to do more. Your motivation to
work becomes intrinsic. This becomes a win-win situation for both the employer
and employee.
There is usually a question we tend to guess right as one of
the likely questions to be asked in an interview, “Tell us about yourself.” This
question has become a cliché, but it is still one of the trending questions at
an interview or even a date! Only an individual who truly has a brilliant self
awareness or self discovery can answer this golden question intelligently. It is
quite amazing how the golden question catches us unaware, stuttering for words
or laid back. Here are tips that would help in answering the golden question!