When asked about different aspects of their transitions, executives rank business-related activities among the most important to the transition\u2019s overall outcome. The largest share say it was very or extremely important to create a shared vision and alignment around their strategic direction across the organization (Exhibit 2). This is also among the most difficult aspects to carry out:<\/strong> just 30 percent of all respondents say it was easy to create a shared vision in their new role.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This has been an extremely important piece of the work that I have assisted the Canterbury DHB with over the last seven years, and has been one of the keys to the successful transformation programme (for more detail see here).<\/a><\/p>\n Visions are not created by black and white typing on a Powerpoint slide, neither are they broadcast down from a stage.\u00a0 The best visions are co-created with the people that work in an organisation in such a way that they share ownership, and feel like they are part of something bigger.<\/p>\n This directly links to some previous work – also from Mckinsey – about strategy co-creation which you can read about here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n