The Way Of The Visionary

1. The Way of the Visionary
Compassionate
Leadership Series
Janet M Ver Fine PhD
May, 2021

2. •“Be the change
you want to see in
the world”
• ~ Ghandi

3. Leadership is the
capacity to translate
vision into reality.”
~Warren Bennis
Visionary leaders energize followers
with purpose/meaning
What a great way to BE.
•John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Gahndi,
•Richard Branson, Seth Godin, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, or
Satya Nadella
Name great leaders you can think of
like:
Visionary leaders share two things in
common:
Visionary leaders see things early
Visionary leaders connect the dots.

4. Visionary Traits
Visible Truth
Creative Purpose and Life Dream
Shape-Shifting
Authenticity
Four Ways of Seeing

5. Questions to
Awaken
What am I hiding?
Where am I hiding it?
How does it feel in my body?
What is the color and shape of it?
What is the story about it?
Write out your story.

6. Radical Truth Telling
• No Blame
• Non-Judgement
• Open the Hidden aspects
• Step out from denial
• Open the window for full feedback
• Be ready to accept feedback

7. A Purpose Worthy of Living
Purpose Journey
Gifts along the way
Helpers and Teachers
Challengers and Threats
Self- Saboteurs
Mindset Gremlins
Reaching the Holy Grail
Your story

8. Motivation

9. Does Your Vision Match
Your Actions
•Are you living in
your own dream
or someone
else's?

10. Universal
Symbols

11. Preferential Shape Test

12. Shape-Shifting
Mindset Reset
Tarot Card Symbols
Metaphors
All ways of seeing
Creative Expression
Future Self
Life Dream
Vision Boarding

13. Four Ways
of Seeing
Intuition Perception
Insight Vision

14. Mirror Work

15. Multi -
Faceted
Layers of
Meaning
Mirroring
Metaphors
™
©
2018
Janet
Ver
Fine

16. If you spot it, you
got it.
• What examples can
you make of this
concept in your life?
• All of life is a
reflection of you.

17. Five Stages
of Projection

18. We find the perfect person to
hold our projections
The projection begins to slip
The projection totally falls off
Recognition
Compassion for Integration of
the projection

19. Fixed Perspectives and Blind Spots

20. Universal Reasons
for Self-
Abandonment
Need for
Love
01
Need for
Approval
and
Acceptance
02
Need for
keeping the
peace
03
Need for
maintaining
balance
04
Need for
harmony at
all cost
05

22. 4 Ways to Maintain
Integrity
Truth Telling
Freedom from patterns of
denial
Alignment of words and
actions
Honoring self in equal
proportion to others

24. Develop the Inner Visionary
Walking
Meditation –
Mindful Footsteps
Record your
dreams and
Daydreams
Sing, hum, chant
Telling the Truth
Daily
Review your goals
daily
Twice a year
retreat, re-vision,
redream, reflect
Extend prayer for
others
Listen to your
intuition daily
Notice and
observe inspiration
in your life

26. You are the Vision
• Time to live the life of your dreams
• 3x5 Cards
• Determine what you want in all areas of life
• Timeline out 5, 10, 15, 20, 50, 100 yrs
• Your legacy

27. See in a New
Way
•Think outside the
box
•Shift perspectives
•Change your lens

28. 4 Kinds of Meditation
• Walking/Moving Meditation
• Standing meditation
• Lying Meditation
• Sitting Meditation

29. Use of Mandala
Meditation
• Mindfulness
• Shamata
• Centering
• Postures
• Yantra
• Singing/Chanting