People Insights Model: Future Vision

Overview

Future vision measures how well organizations: align goals across individual, team, and company levels; resolve uncertainty and clarify expectations; build trust through quality relationships and decisions; and create a compelling vision that motivates employees.

Perceptyx Research and Insights

• Love and Listening: What Today’s Workers Really Need (Nov 2024): 

  • Great leaders inspire employees by showing how their contributions make a real impact, like helping a customer service rep see how their problem-solving builds brand loyalty or showing an analyst how their reports drive key business decisions. By connecting daily tasks to a larger purpose, they create a sense of meaning and motivation.

• New Healthcare Data Reveals Key Drivers of Employee Safety Advocacy (Nov 2024): 

  • This is an industry with a workforce that is deeply connected to and finds a lot of meaning in the purpose and mission of their work. Based on this strong commitment to the field, it’s important for workers to observe authentic alignment between organizational actions and stated values. How leaders communicate decisions and changes can influence workforce perceptions, so leaders need to connect their business decisions back to the mission and vision.

Key Action Planning Considerations

Front-line managers play a crucial role in translating an organization’s future vision into everyday actions that resonate with their teams. Close interactions with employees allows leaders to foster understanding, engagement, and alignment with the company’s direction. Here’s how front-line managers can take action on employee feedback related to future vision:

• Communicate Vision in Everyday Terms: Break down the organization’s future vision into relatable, day-to-day examples. Ensure you’re explaining how specific tasks and goals tie into the larger vision making it easier for team members to see their contributions’ value and importance. This approach helps build a sense of purpose in daily work.

• Create Clarity Through Simple, Clear Messaging: Avoid complex or abstract explanations of the vision. Instead, use straightforward language to explain where the company is headed and answer questions in simple terms. This helps employees grasp the vision without feeling overwhelmed or disconnected from it.

• Set Team Goals Aligned with the Vision: Translate the organization’s long-term vision into achievable short-term goals for the team. By setting clear, vision-aligned goals, people leaders can show how daily tasks and objectives support broader ambitions, helping employees see tangible progress toward the vision.

• Use Team Meetings to Reinforce Vision-Related Topics: Dedicate a portion of team meetings to discussing updates related to the future vision or highlighting how recent projects contribute to it. Leaders can keep the vision top of mind without overemphasizing it by using these regular touchpoints to reinforce alignment and keep everyone focused on the bigger picture.