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Survey Questions: Vision

Definition: Vision is the ability of leadership and employees to create, communicate, and implement a strategic direction that unifies departments and aligns with the company's mission and values. It fosters a culture of inspiration, consistency, and growth, where management and stakeholders collaborate to develop forward-thinking strategies that drive organizational success. A strong vision is both aspirational and actionable, influencing decision-making, anticipating business trends, and mobilizing employees to pursue long-term goals with commitment and purpose.

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The Company

The Company dimension reflects how the organization's overarching vision, mission, and strategic priorities are perceived and supported across the enterprise. It emphasizes the clarity, credibility, and alignment of the company's stated direction--particularly its focus on customers, innovation, growth, and service excellence. This dimension captures whether employees believe in the company's purpose, understand its expectations, and see senior leadership actively championing the vision. It is less about how vision is created and more about how the company's vision is experienced, endorsed, and embedded in its culture and operations.

The Company focus is clearly on customers and the development of innovative products
The Company is effective in managing growth
The Company vision includes expectations for employees and departments
The Company strives to exceed customer expectations
The vision of the Company is supported by managers and senior leadership
The Company mission is to provide world class service, products, and customer support
I believe in the Company

Creates Vision

Creates Vision focuses on the active generation and articulation of vision at various levels--especially by managers and departments. It highlights the ability to craft a compelling, strategic, and empowering direction that aligns employees around long-term goals and drives innovation. This dimension is about vision as a leadership behavior: developing future-oriented strategies informed by analysis, creating shared purpose, and designing visions that add value and spark change. Creates Vision reflects the leadership capability to shape, communicate, and activate that vision within teams and departments.

Our manager designs a vision that differentiates the organization from competitors by highlighting unique strengths and future capabilities.
My manager develops a vision that strengthens organizational identity, reinforcing who the company is and what it stands for.
The manager develops a strategic vision informed by comprehensive analysis of the company's performance
Our department creates a positive vision of the future
Our company has a vision to successfully empower employees to make more effective decisions
Our company establishes a clear vision for where we should be heading
My manager creates a vision that adds value to the organization
I know how to create a vision to align employees around a long-term goal for the department
The company creates a common vision for employees
Company leaders create a vision that inspires experimentation, encouraging teams to explore new ideas aligned with the future directions.
The vision developed by our department is a catalyst for innovation and change

Management

Management within the Vision dimension emphasizes the structural, procedural, and organizational mechanisms that support the company's strategic direction. It reflects the ability to communicate a shared vision across the enterprise, align systems and processes to meet strategic objectives, and foster collaboration between labor and management. This competency is about operationalizing the vision--ensuring that the infrastructure, governance, and organizational clarity are in place to sustain progress. Management plays a critical role in translating high-level vision into coordinated execution, often through formal channels, resource alignment, and cross-functional coordination.

Labor and Management work together to achieve the Company vision
Management is able to communicate a shared vision of the Company to all employees
Our senior leaders establish a clear direction for the Company.
The Leadership is committed to fostering a shared vision
Management is able to align processes and structures to meet strategic objectives and vision

Unifying Vision

Unifying Vision emphasizes the relational and integrative aspects of vision-building--bringing people, priorities, and strategies into alignment around a shared organizational purpose. Leaders strong in this dimension engage stakeholders across levels to co-create direction, ensuring that departmental goals, employee efforts, and corporate strategies are harmonized with the company's mission and values. The focus is on fostering shared ownership, motivating alignment, and designing systems that reflect a collective understanding of where the organization is headed. Unifying Vision is about cohesion--making the vision feel inclusive, coordinated, and emotionally resonant across the enterprise.

A shared vision is developed with various stakeholders
Goals and objectives are integrated and aligned with the Company vision
Our department ensures that work is systematically aligned and coordinated with the organization's vision
My manager aligns subordinates' work with the vision's critical priorities
My supervisor engages with key stakeholders to gather insights and ensure alignment with the organization's mission and vision
Senior executives create a vision that connects disparate initiatives, showing how individual efforts contribute to a unified future state.
I know how to develop strategies that align with the organization's collective vision
Our department creates a vision to align corporate strategies with the organization's value system
My manager develops action plans that successfully align our work with the goals of the organization
The manager motivates employees to align with the department's vision
My manager crafts a compelling vision that motivates employees to align their efforts with the organization's goals
Employees are invited to co-create strategies that bring the company's vision to life.
The project manager designs strategies that mirror the organization's unified vision
Our department creates a unifying vision across-functional areas, reducing fragmentation and aligning teams around shared outcomes.

Strategic

Strategic centers on the analytical and executional dimensions of vision realization. It involves translating aspirational goals into concrete plans, anticipating resistance, and adjusting tactics without compromising the core direction. Leaders in this domain build strategic roadmaps, define measurable objectives, and guide teams through disciplined prioritization and adaptive planning. The emphasis is on clarity, differentiation, and sustained progress--ensuring that the vision moves from concept to reality through structured decision-making and strategic foresight. Strategic vision ensures that purpose is delivered through intentional design and operations.

Employees are encouraged to align their goals and decisions with the departmental vision.
I know how to convert the department's vision into specific goals and a strategic plan
My manager is adept at creating and actualizing a strategic roadmap for the organization
My manager shapes strategies that resonate with the department's shared vision
The department head anticipates resistance to the new vision and strategically addresses concerns.
Our department adjusts tactics when needed without compromising the core vision.
My manager creates strategic initiatives that support the organization's common vision
Our department develops and executes a strategic vision for the organization
Leadership is effective in establishing the direction and strategy for the organization
I am devoted to carrying out the strategic vision
My manager translates the department's vision into actionable objectives and a strategic plan
I understand how our strategy differentiates us from our competitors
Our systems enable us to succeed strategically

Leadership

Leadership focuses on the interpersonal, motivational, and directional aspects of vision activation. It involves guiding individuals and teams toward visionary goals, challenging them to grow, and creating pathways for innovation and transformation. Leaders in this domain inspire belief, provide autonomy, and help employees prioritize efforts that align with the visionâs most critical components. Leadership is less about systems and more about influence by mobilizing people through clarity, conviction, and forward-thinking action. Leadership ensures the vision is lived through behavior, mindset, and purposeful momentum.

The department works to facilitate employees' adoption of the organization vision
Senior leadership at the company guides employees to prioritize crucial components of the vision
The project manager focuses subordinates' work on critical aspects of the vision
Leaders challenge employees to stretch beyond their comfort zones in pursuit of visionary goals.
My team leader provides autonomy and resources to pursue initiatives that align with the vision.
Leadership has a vision and effectively creates a path for others to follow
The team leader directs efforts towards key elements of the vision
Our leader is forward thinking and leads employees in new directions
Our philosophy and approach will produce the right performance track record

Aspirational

Aspirational within the Vision dimension emphasizes the clarity, ambition, and strategic boldness of the future being envisioned. It reflects a leader's ability to define an ideal state for the department or organization--one that stretches beyond current capabilities and sets a high bar for growth, innovation, and transformation. Leaders who demonstrate aspirational vision articulate forward-looking goals, chart bold courses for evolution, and create roadmaps that reflect both strategic foresight and organizational potential. The focus is on envisioning what could be, establishing a compelling destination, and motivating progress through elevated expectations and long-term planning.

My manager creates an ambitious and aspirational vision for the company
I am able to envision and articulate a clear path for the department's growth over the next year
I feel I am able to formulate and implement a vision for the future of the department
Executive leadership develops an inspiring and ambitious vision for the organization's future
My team defines a bold direction that challenges the status quo and sets a higher standard for what can be achieved.
The department manager has created and executed a strategic vision that propels the department forward
Our department has created a crystal-clear vision for where the department needs to be in the next 12 months
The department manager charts a bold course for the department's evolution
My manager defines an ideal image for what the department should look like in the future
The CEO has designed and implemented a forward-looking vision for the company

Inspirational

Inspirational centers on the emotional resonance and motivational power of the vision itself. It reflects a leader's ability to communicate the vision in ways that energize others, foster belief, and inspire action. Inspirational leaders reframe challenges as opportunities, share personal conviction, and adapt their messaging to connect with diverse audiences. Their strength lies in making the vision feel personal and purposeful--encouraging risk-taking, collaboration, and a sense of shared ownership. Inspirational vision fuels the journey, transforming strategic intent into collective momentum through influence, inspiring storytelling, and emotional impact.

Leadership creates a clear and inspiring vision statement that outlines the desired future for the company
In my department, challenges are reframed as opportunities, inspiring confidence and urgency.
Department leadership inspires employees through a clear vision of the future of our department
I know how to establish an inspiring and strategic vision for the department
The project manager developed a vision to inspire collective action
Our manager articulates the vision in a way that resonates with diverse stakeholders, adapting language to audience needs.
Managers promote a vision that inspires individuals to take risks to achieve greater rewards
I am able to share personal reflections or experience that illustrate commitment to the new company vision.
My manager inspires and motivates employees through an influential vision
My manager creates a compelling vision inspires employees, giving them a sense of purpose and direction
My manager inspires others to engage in cross-functional collaboration.

Pro Growth

Pro Growth within the Vision dimension emphasizes the strategic ambition and forward momentum of the organization or department. It reflects a leader's ability to chart bold courses for expansion, design future-focused strategies, and drive innovation that enhances competitiveness and market share. Leaders who embody this dimension articulate clear growth trajectories, foster a mindset of continuous improvement, and align their vision with tangible business outcomes such as revenue, scale, and global positioning. The emphasis is on acceleration and transformation--creating a vision that propels the organization into its next phase of success through strategic planning and a commitment to progress.

Our Company is committed to providing competitive products and services
Our manager leads with a growth-oriented mindset, driving innovation and expansion
Our department fosters a leadership vision that promotes innovation and growth
The department head plans a roadmap for the department's growth and expansion
I can design a forward-thinking strategy to achieve the department's growth goals
The project leader envisions and articulates a clear path for the team's accelerated growth over the next year
Senior leadership creates and executes a strategic vision that drives the company's growth forward
Manager effectively support a positive vision for the future that increases market share and the bottom line
Senior managers develop an inspiring and ambitious vision of growth for the organization's future
Managers craft a compelling picture of future growth that helps employees understand what the organization could become.
My manager charts a bold course for the department's rapid evolution and expansion
Our Company is committed to being competitive at the Global level
Our Company is committed to being competitive in the marketplace

Influential

Influential focuses on the interpersonal and motivational power of a leader to activate and sustain commitment to the vision. It reflects the ability to energize teams, shape behaviors, and foster alignment by connecting individual purpose to organizational goals. Leaders in this domain use conviction, storytelling, and coaching to inspire initiative, encourage new ways of thinking, and build buy-in across levels. The emphasis is on emotional resonance and behavioral impact which makes the vision personally meaningful and actionable for others. Influential ensures the "why" and "how" of the vision are embraced, turning strategic direction into shared momentum.

Managers encourage employees to prioritize activities that contribute to the vision
My manager coaches employees to connect their personal purpose with the department's vision.
Our department motivates employees to do things in a new way
My supervisor links departmental goals to broader organizational impact, fostering buy-in across levels.
My manager demonstrates conviction and enthusiasm when discussing the vision, energizing the team.
Senior leadership is a positive influence on employees, encouraging them to take the initiative and be proactive in their roles
My manager offers employees a new way of doing things
My manager influences the attitudes and behaviors of subordinates to match the department's vision
I understand the direction and goals of the organization

Culture

Culture within the Vision dimension focuses on the shared norms, values, and behaviors that shape how the vision is experienced and sustained across the organization. It reflects a leader's ability to foster an environment where the vision is not only understood but actively lived--embedded in daily interactions, team dynamics, and organizational identity. Leaders who excel in this area cultivate alignment by reinforcing the vision through rituals, expectations, and workplace practices that promote collective ownership and emotional resonance. Culture ensures that the vision becomes part of the organizational fabric, guiding how people think, collaborate, and make decisions in support of long-term goals.

The department lead supports a culture of the department that is willing to implement the company's vision
Our department builds a vision that reinforces the organization's cultural values, helping employees see how their daily actions embody and strengthen the organizational culture.
Our department has a culture that aligns with the organization's vision.
Our manager creates a workplace culture that reflects the organizational vision
My manager fosters a culture that aligns with the organization's vision
The vision in our company is not only understood but lived.
Managers are able to shape norms, values, and employee behaviors into a culture that aligns with the organization's strategic vision and direction.
Our department supports a strong employee culture to ensure alignment with the company's vision
The project manager shapes a vision that strengthens a shared cultural environment.
Our department builds a culture that reinforces the manager's vision
The project leader creates a vision that is anchored with the organization's core values, ensuring employees understand how their work contributes to the organizational culture.

Implementation by Self

Implementation by Self within the Vision dimension emphasizes personal ownership, discipline, and direct accountability in translating vision into action. Leaders who demonstrate this competency take initiative to convert strategic intent into detailed plans, coordinate execution, and monitor progress against long-term goals. They shape departmental vision into clear, actionable objectives and build trust by following through on commitments that visibly support the organization's direction. This dimension reflects a leader's capacity to lead by example--ensuring their own behaviors, decisions, and deliverables consistently reinforce and advance the vision through structured planning and execution.

Able to convert the current department vision into strategic objectives/plan
Formulates and implements the organization's vision
Determined to bring the strategic vision to fruition
Committed to undertaking the implementation of the strategic vision
Shapes the department's vision into actionable goals
Is aware of their own actions and how that impacts the department
Transforms the department's vision into a clearly defined, actionable set of goals and a comprehensive strategic plan
Focuses efforts on implementing the organization's strategic vision
My team builds trust by following through on commitments that support the direction of our company.

Implementation Plans

Implementation Plans emphasize the structured and operational aspects of turning vision into reality. This dimension reflects a leader's ability to create detailed roadmaps, timelines, and measurable milestones that systematically coordinate work toward the vision's fulfillment. It involves translating strategic intent into actionable steps, sequencing efforts across phases, and ensuring accountability through planning and execution. Implementation Plans provide the logistical scaffolding for a vision--ensuring that progress is deliberate, trackable, and strategically paced.

My manager creates a timeline to fulfill the organization's vision
The manager crafts strategic plans that embody the organization's shared vision
Senior leadership defines a roadmap for realizing the organization's vision
Committed to turning the strategic vision into reality by meticulously planning, coordinating, and overseeing the implementation of an action plan
My manager develops a schedule that outlines specific phases, measurables, and deadlines, ensuring that work is systematically aligned and coordinated with the organization's vision
My manager sets a schedule for achieving the organization's vision
Brings the strategic vision to fruition by planning, coordinating, and executing necessary actions, while ensuring the team meets the overarching goals of the organization
Provides a detailed schedule that specifies key milestones and deadlines, guiding the organization step-by-step towards achieving its long-term goals and overall vision
Our department establishes a timeline for attainment of the organization's vision

Implementation by Others

Implementation by Others focuses on a leader's ability to delegate, empower, and mobilize the team to carry out the vision. It involves assigning responsibility, providing clarity and resources, and aligning team activities with the vision's core priorities. Leaders in this domain foster shared ownership by entrusting employees with execution, encouraging peer influence, and ensuring that implementation is distributed across roles and functions. Implementation by Others is about orchestration of the vision's implementation--guiding collective effort and enabling others to bring the vision to life through coordinated, empowered execution.

My manager delegates the task of implementing the vision to subordinates
The team leader assigns the vision implementation to team members
Managers entrust team members with executing the vision
Employees in my department persuade each other to follow the Company's vision
The department channels team activities towards the vision's core aspects
Project managers assign the responsibility of implementing the vision to the team, ensuring they have clear guidance, adequate resources, and the necessary authority

Supports Vision

Supports Vision is about alignment, advocacy, and action by a leader who supports the vision and not only understands the organization's direction but actively promotes it ahead of personal preferences or competing interests. They cultivate an environment where the vision is lived out in daily decisions, reinforce it by celebrating progress, and ensure that resources, authority, and structures are in place to help teams move toward it. Supporting the vision means embodying it--connecting team achievements back to the larger purpose, encouraging employees to embrace it, and making choices that consistently advance the organization's strategic direction.

The project manager connects team achievements and challenges back to the vision to reinforce relevance.
My supervisor builds momentum by celebrating small wins that reflect progress toward the vision.
My manager cultivates an environment that embodies the department's vision
The project manager provides a vision and strategies to the team
Senior leaders provide staff with the necessary resources, authority, and support to effectively implement and achieve the organization's vision
Managers encourage employees to embrace the departmental vision
My manager works to support the strategy of [Company]
Department heads understand the vision of the Company and promotes it ahead of any self-interests
I support the vision of the Company

Communicates Vision

Communicates Vision is about clarity, articulation, and inspiration by a leader strong in this area expressing the vision in a way that is understandable, compelling, and motivating, ensuring employees at every level know where the organization is headed and why it matters. They articulate a clear departmental or project-level vision aligned with the broader strategy, keep messaging consistent and free from contradiction, and inspire others to align their own goals with the future state being described. Communicating the vision means making it visible--using language, storytelling, and consistent messaging to help people see the destination and feel energized to move toward it.

The department head communicates a vision for the department
My manager clearly articulates a vision for his/her work and inspires others to support i
Leaders frame the vision in simple, memorable language that employees can easily repeat and internalize.
The project manager ensures that messaging about the vision remains clear, stable, and free from contradiction.
The CEO communicates a vision of where the Company needs to be in the future
I can explain the company vision to others
My manager expresses the Company vision in a way that is easily understood and adopted by employees
Managers are effective at communicating the vision to employees
Senior leadership communicates the vision and strategy of [Company]
My manager inspires individuals to achieve success by clearly communicating the organization's vision and motivating them to align their personal goals with this vision
My manager articulates a vision for the department that is aligned with the division/company's vision
My manager communicates the vision effectively across the organization to motivate and guide employees
The vision statement is clear, compelling, and achievable
The vision statement is understandable

Consistency

Consistency is about steadiness, alignment, and behavioral coherence--ensuring that the vision is reinforced through everyday actions, decisions, and messages. A leader strong in Consistency models the organization's values, aligns words with actions, and avoids mixed messages by using stable language, priorities, and expectations. They help employees stay anchored to long-term objectives even when short-term pressures arise, and they reinforce the vision by recognizing behaviors that reflect it. Consistency ensures that the vision is not just stated but lived--embedded in routines, roles, metrics, and the culture so that people experience the vision the same way across time, teams, and situations.

My manager demonstrates consistency between words and action
The team leader avoids mixed messages by ensuring verbal and non-verbal cues reflect the same priorities.
Coworkers behave in a way that is consistent with business values & code of conduc
My manager recognizes and rewards behaviors that are consistent with the company's vision.
The supervisor uses consistent language and metaphors when describing the department's purpose and direction.
The department leadership communicates changes in strategy as refinements (not contradictions) of the vision.
Team roles, responsibilities, and metrics are clearly tied to the vision.
My team embodies the vision through consistent actions, setting a visible example for others to follow.
People in my department behave in a way that is consistent with [Company] values
Leadership enables employees to commit to the departmental vision
Managers reinforce the departmental vision through daily decisions and prioritization.
Supervisors revisit and re-articulate the vision in team meetings, updates, and one-on-ones.
Our team maintains a consistent focus on long-term objectives, even when short-term pressures arise.

Prescient

Prescient is about anticipating what is coming before it arrives. It reflects a leader's ability to analyze data, spot emerging trends, interpret market patterns, and foresee opportunities or threats that may not yet be visible to others. Someone who is prescient looks outward and forward--scanning the environment, evaluating the organization's strategic position, and building a long-range vision that keeps the company competitive and adaptable. This competency is fundamentally about forecasting and strategic foresight: staying ahead of the curve, recognizing future shifts, and guiding the team toward innovative solutions and proactive strategies.

I am able to see trends in the business environment
Senior leaders identify emerging trends and anticipates future market shifts
I know how to provides the vision needed to help the organization remain competitive and adaptable in a dynamic market
My manager recognizes potential challenges and devises comprehensive strategies to navigate and mitigate these difficulties
My manager anticipates the effects of industry shifts and prepares the organization for impacts that others have not yet recognized.
My manager stays ahead of the curve and guides the team towards innovative solutions and strategic decisions
The project manager uses data, trends, and scenario planning to craft a compelling vision grounded in evidence rather than intuition alone.
Managers envision long-range possibilities by identifying emerging opportunities and articulating how the organization can position itself to benefit from them.
The supervisor connects disparate trends across technology, customer behavior, regulation, and competition to forecast strategic inflection points.
My manager builds a strategic vision by analyzing the company's current position and the market environment, identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
Our manager conducts 'future-back' thinking to envision multiple plausible futures and positions the team to succeed across all scenarios.
Leadership identifies early warning signs in operational, customer, or market data and initiates proactive adjustments before issues escalate.
My manager pinpoints challenges and devises strategies
I know how to analyze data and industry patterns to forecast opportunities and challenges

Problem Identification

Problem Identification is about recognizing what is happening right now--diagnosing issues, uncovering root causes, and crafting effective solutions to current or emerging challenges. It reflects a leader's ability to detect problems early, analyze underlying dynamics, and design practical, well-thought-out responses that keep the organization moving smoothly. Someone strong in this area looks inward and operationally--spotting inefficiencies, obstacles, or breakdowns within processes, teams, or systems and addressing them with tailored solutions. This competency is fundamentally about clarity and corrective action: seeing problems accurately, understanding their implications, and resolving them effectively.

My manager identifies problems and crafts solutions
Senior leadership is skilled at recognizing various issues that arise and in formulating practical and strategic solutions to resolve them efficiently
I am able to diagnose issues and problems and to create a vision for their solutions
My manager pinpoints specific challenges that the company faces and meticulously crafts tailored solutions to overcome these obstacles
I can detects problems and creates solutions
Coworkers are skilled at recognizing issues and formulating viable solutions
People in my department are adept at identifying underlying problems within the organization and are capable of envisioning innovative and effective solutions to address these issues
My manager detects problems early on and creates well-thought-out solutions to ensure the company continues to progress smoothly
My manager is effective in diagnosing issues and envisioning solutions