Execute on your vision, and you are likely to be living the life you want.

Written by Dana William Dolan, EOS Worldwide. 

Great entrepreneurial businesses have clarity of their unique vision. Some are motivated to build a legacy based on reputation alone, some want to grow their revenue 10x in the next five years, and some who simply want such a grip on their business that they can live their visionary lifestyle at minimal time commitments to the business. They all have complete alignment on their vision within their business because they are constantly sharing and improving their vision.

In great entrepreneurial businesses leaders are doing what they love, with who they love and living their ideal life. Statistics show that they prioritise spending more time with family. Another key characteristic is making the choice to get external help to execute on their vision.

As you would expect, there is considerable pressure on businesses that don't have a clear vision, or are struggling to execute on their vision. In the start-up ecosystem company visions are still developing. Statistics from this group are representative of businesses struggling to execute on their vision. Yael Benjamin's, The Startup Snapshot is particularly insightful about this group of entrepreneurs reporting:

• 77% of founders will not get professional help.
• 73% spend less time with their families & friends.
• 72% report a toll on their mental health.

Tips to reducing the stress that comes from not executing on your vision:

1. Start with accountability in your leadership team

• Clarify the accountabilities of each role in your leadership team
• Make sure every leader knows the numbers of their leading indicators and measure weekly
• Set the absolute priorities of the company and each leader for the next 90 days
• Obsess over solving issues at their core so they go away forever

2. Get your leadership team aligned

• Discover your unique core values and make them non negotiable prerequisite to your leadership team
• Start by aligning the team on a 10 year target, and get granular with your vision

3. Choose and use an operating system

• This defines the way your business executes your vision
• It harmonises how the business prioritises and carries out your plan
• It prevents miscommunication and decisions that might create more issues

4. Get help

• A reputable coach can embed the tools and disciplines of accountability in your leadership team in a single session.
• Choose a coach that will guarantee their work and use an evidence based system.