Competency: Visioning – Visionary Leadership

Definition: Keeps the organization’s mission, vision, and values at the forefront of employee decision making and actions; ensures alignment of organization’s strategic plan and agency practices with vision, mission and values.

– Identifying long-term goals and championing the implementation of different or alternative ideas.

People who are competent at visioning generate creative and strategic solutions that can be successfully implemented. They think in innovative ways and support similar thinking in others. They challenge and push the organization to constantly improve and grow.

Behaviors

  • Thinks in innovative and creative ways
  • Views tactical problems or initiatives from a broad perspective and emphasizes solutions that support strategic objectives
  • Generates new ideas/solutions that can be successfully implemented
  • Challenges and pushes the organization to constantly improve and grow
  • Identifies long-term, future goals for the organization and/or the department
  • Champions his/her ideas to successful implementation
  • Supports and champions the strategic initiatives of others