202107240951 Visionary leadership style

Visionaries are most comfortable with long-term, high-level, strategic initiatives. They thrive by 202203231647 Leading from vision. They embrace change and risk and need to be exposed to both in order to be satisfied and useful. Visionaries are often charismatic, great communicators, and enjoy building a small, loyal, tight-knit team. They alternate between periods of high creativity and output and periods where they change focus to recharge and generate more ideas for their next creative burst.¹

On the downside, visionaries need to be launching new large, grand ideas and their shifting focus combined with ability to hold multiple viewpoints on the same subject can be exhausting and confusing for others. Their teammates often find their boredom with details and their tendencies to alternating extremes of commitment frustrating.

Visionaries use their vision, courage, and ability to simplify complex ideas to motivate others to execute. They need variety, accountability, and frequent check-ins to make sure they stay on track and aren't distracted by their own innate curiosity and boredom.

Examples: Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs, Tony Blair, and Jack Welch (GE)