2: Wildest Dreams¹

This chapter explores the concept of “vision” as it relates to leadership. A vision can be similar to a goal or even, as the Taylor Swift song is titled, part of a leader’s “Wildest Dreams.” This chapter defines the term “vision” and suggests its relationship to a goal. It provides some characteristics of strong goals as suggested by goal-setting theory (Locke & Latham, 2019). Then, using Taylor Swift as an example leader, it discusses the importance of goal commitment and seeing a vision through to completion.