Bonnie Hagemann – Leading with Vision

The world needs leaders who can create a compelling vision and engage others around it. Visionary leaders are able to communicate what lies beyond the horizon and inspire confidence. They attract talent to the organization and motivate team members to make more effective decisions. In this course, CEO Bonnie Hagemann shows corporate and community leaders how to lead with vision, breaking visionary leadership down into steps that anyone can follow. Discover why it’s needed, why it’s lacking, and how you can fill the gap. Then find out how to build your personal vision and gain the skills and tools to build a vision for your organization, division, department, team, community cause, or nonprofit.

Topics include:

• Why we need visionary leadership
• Leading with hope
• Engaging others
• The four Cs of compelling vision
• Building a personal vision for yourself
• Using the Lift6 leadership model
• A review of real corporate vision statements
• Making visions work in the real world

• Introduction
• 1. Understanding the Need for Visionary Leadership
• 2. The Four Cs: Culture, Connectivity, Clarity and Courage
• 3. Personal Vision and Courage
• 4. Lift6 Model
• 5. Making Vision Stick
• Conclusion

Bonnie Hagemann is the CEO of Executive Development Associates.

Hagemann has over 16 years of experience in successfully leading consulting firms, and 26 years of experience coaching, educating, and developing leaders. She has worked in most industries, coached 12 large company CEOs and 232 additional leaders, and has given over 300 presentations. She leads biennial research on trends in executive development, and has over 40 published works, including a book on shifting workforce demographics and their impact on leadership—Decades of Differences: Making It Work—and a new book entitled Leading with Vision: The Leader’s Blueprint for Creating a Compelling Vision and Engaging the Workforce. She is also called upon by respected media outlets as a subject matter expert, and is often quoted in publications such as Financial Times, Chief Executive, Forbes, Fast Company, and the Wall Street Journal.