Vision is a common element of both leadership and team building according to Kouzes and Posner. They define vision as hopes, dreams, and aspirations that stretch people to imagine exciting possibilities and breakthrough change. This document instructs graduate students to write a vision statement and compare how vision has been addressed in their discipline by academic leaders in terms of application to the workplace. Students are asked to submit a 4-5 page paper answering this question and citing 7 references.

1. Leadership and Team Building
Leadership and team building has been viewed as two entirely
different concepts. However, they share one common element –
vision. Kouzes and Posner (2003) wrote that:
“Visions are about hopes, dreams, and aspirations. They’re
about our strong desire to achieve something great. . . . .
Visions necessarily stretch us to imagine exciting possibilities,
breakthrough technologies, or revolutionary social change” (p.
125).
During this juncture in your graduate coursework, you should be
able to write a vision statement to serve as a forward-thinking
and planning tool for you. Also, this vision statement should
serve as a foundation or framework for you in answering this
examination question. Compare and contrast the visionary
leadership of leaders, academicians, writers, thinkers, and/or
contributors in your field of study in terms of their viewpoints
on vision and its application to the real world. Specifically, you
are to conduct a mini-review of literature that will support your
point of view on the following question:
Does vision play a role in the leadership of your discipline?
Specifically, how has the topic of vision been addressed,
discussed, implemented, and evaluated in your particular
discipline in terms of its application to the workplace and/or
marketplace?
Instructions:
Write a well researched, thorough response to one of the
questions posed above in an APA formatted paper to be
reviewed by your faculty member in practice for your final
comprehensive exam. Include 7 scholarly references in your

2. paper.
Respond in 4-5 content pages, not including title page, abstract,
or references, to each question.