Is Your Vision Stuck in Your Head? Here’s How to Share It

What does the future of your organization look like?

If your answer feels vague or uncertain, you're not alone—but here’s the reality: a lack of vision can leave your team feeling uninspired, directionless, and stuck in the daily grind.

Without a clear purpose, work becomes a chore, and innovation flatlines.

But when there’s a compelling vision? Life! Energy, alignment, and unstoppable momentum!

What leader doesn’t want that?!

But sometimes, workers feel like they have no clue what the vision is.

When there’s no vision

When people don’t know what the vision is, you end up with a vision vacuum.

  • There’s no clear picture of where the organization is headed.

  • It can lead to frustration, misalignment, and stalled progress.

  • Sometimes, the vision is unclear, overly complicated, or just stuck in the leader’s head.

A tool for Vision

But you can change that by creating a future photo album. 

Imagine flipping through snapshots of your organization five years from now.

As a leader, your role is to describe this future in vivid detail—painting a picture so compelling that your team feels inspired to make it real.

See the video above for questions to ask yourself and an example vision.

When people can visualize the future, they’re more motivated to move toward it.

When your team has a shared vision, work becomes meaningful.

Purpose drives progress, and you’ll notice higher engagement, innovation, and collaboration.

So start envisioning your organization’s "photo album of the future" today.

Share it with your team, and together, your organization can transform from functioning to flourishing!

Angela Lin Yee

This article was written by Angela Lin Yee, Organizational effectiveness consultant and founder of Terraform Leadership Consulting.

Business and nonprofit leaders want to increase their results and crush their goals, but don’t always know the best next step to take.

In my blog, I share principles and tips so that leaders can develop thriving, productive, and effective organizations.

https://www.terraformleader.com
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