Waiting for the train I notice two still-smoking cigarette butts on the grass bank, the previous mid-fourties owners nearby chatting away. I found myself with an internal disconnect - how hard is it to join the dots between personal actions and the bigger picture.

Two adults must by now understand that cigarette butts are litter and the impact they have on the environment, yet 'the world is my ash-tray' mentality was for them seemingly default.

However, what a great illustration of how personal-leadership involves not just the awareness of personal actions and the bigger picture, but then acting with the bigger picture in mind.

In corporate leadership, this goes a step further; modeling a big picture awareness and aligning everything to it. I place a huge amount of importance in on 'Visionary Style Leadership' as an essential way to model and help people join dots between what they do and the business/world they create.

Coaching questions for joining the dots

• What solutions do you want to be part of in the world? (the bigger picture)
• How can you 'live' so as to be part of those solutions (the dots)

About the author

David Savage is a Leadership Coach based in Wellington New Zealand. He uses a brain based methodology that fast-tracks learning and development that gives his clients the tools and templates to increase their potential and meet their ambitions.