fiona mckay reports on mpg november relaunch

We had an amazing opening keynote speech for the launch of MPG on 7 November 2017, from Mr Tom Bloxham, MBE, the Chairman of Urban Splash.  He shared with us his journey and his vision for regenerating urban properties and improving regeneration across the UK, but more importantly I was energised by his clarity and vision for what comes next for Urban Splash in our towns, cities and property landscape.

So how do you take / we all take control and accelerate through 2018 and beyond, against the backdrop of market uncertainty and the looming issues that Brexit will bring? My answer is: vision velocity or lack of it!

70% of change initiatives fail in business, why is that? Because the vision, destination and planning are all unclear.

What two things impede vision?
Permission and hierarchy are the lethal blocks to visionary work.  
Top tier leaders must create inclusive cultures that allow contributions from all areas of their organisations, irrespective of title or tenure of staff.  
Leaders must unlock their thinking patterns, remove barriers and give themselves and others the permission to imagine new ways of working, in a landscape of constant change and possibility.
Take some feedback first - however painful!
Setting a vision and inspiring others to follow is a joint contribution which emerges primarily from a culture of feedback, across all levels. Giving and receiving feedback is a muscle that must be exercised; outstanding leaders work tirelessly on feedback from all areas, isolate what they don’t know, identify their areas from improvement, then work hard to fix it, however painful the feedback. 

Flex your muscle
The good news is it you can improve your vision in a number of ways, but it takes a certain type of creative practice.  Take a deeper dive into how I help some of the best leaders in the world craft their vision, solve the toughest business challenges and transform their organisations at Fiona-McKay.com.

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Fiona McKay is an award-winning entrepreneur, CEO coach & business strategist, International keynote speaker & the MD of Lightbulb Leadership Solutions.