In today’s episode I’m delighted to introduce Dr. Oleg Konovalov, the Da Vinci of Visionary leadership. Dr. Oleg Konovalov is a thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and coach with over 25 years’ experience operating businesses and consulting Fortune 500 companies both in the UK and internationally. 

In today’s episode, we talk about:   

• How having a vision is critical and fundamental to scaling a business with purpose
• How to inspire others to become multipliers of your vision
• How to overcome the challenge of evolving your vision over time
• Less than 0.1% of SME organisations have a vision
• Vision should involve the leadership team, not just the CEO
• Why being positive makes you become a giant
• Why it’s the CEO’s responsibility to ensure that the vision inspires and motivates the team
• Why leadership is an art
• Revising your vision
• Conditioning ourselves to create a vision
• How caviar can help organisations
• Why you need a clear vision for the culture of your organisation

Listen Out For:   

• If you don't have a vision, your strategy is a bridge to nowhere.
• A great vision should inspire people to go beyond themselves.
• When we work on vision and leadership, medium sized businesses return on investment is at about 3000%. Large companies are barely hitting 1000%.
• When visioning, you must talk with people throughout your organisation. They will bring more value than you expect. Their input will make your vision multidimensional. 
• Most people are afraid of thinking about the future because they're afraid of it. They don't know what's going to happen, but they must be courageous enough to set the vision and follow it.
• Companies with a vision that sets out to serve others enshrined within that vision, ultimately attract the right people. They have solidity in their purpose, and they are more profitable.
• You must make people free by showing a clear direction where to go. If you don't know where you are going, then you are not free, and you become a hostage of doubts, assumptions, and opinions.
• Vision for organisations means that we have vision for the people working in the organisation, because without right people, an organisation is only a certificate of incorporation.
• The stronger the vision, typically the stronger the culture because you attract people to the organisation who has sight of that vision.
• Vision is not a gift, it just a way of thinking which can be developed.
• If we accept that we have infinite potential, then a vision creates the beacon for us to move towards that potential.
• Vision doesn't have a gender, age, or race.
• Ego kills vision instantly because you don't see the world or the people around you.
• An ambitious vision means that there is more discretionary effort from your team because there's a level of co-ownership. People become more positive about their future, and you make them multipliers of your vision and passion. We are not talking about motivating people, we are talking about inspiring people. Every team member becomes a huge power station of a future inspiration.
• Leadership is an art; a scientific art and vision is a beautiful construct of clearly articulated thoughts.
• A vision must be dynamic, practical, elegant, and simple, regardless of whether it is for now or for years to come.

About the Host   
Director and Founder of Simple Scaling, Brendan brings 25 years’ experience of scaling businesses. Previously, Brendan spent 16 years as a global business leader with CDE, 12 of those as Group MD, steering the company through the global financial crisis to considerable strategic growth success with offices now in 6 continents employing almost 700 people across the world (from 15) and 25X revenue growth.   

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