Hybels on a leader's need to turn a vision into action

From Page 51 of Courageous Leadership

I run across an alarming number of leaders who would rather cast vision than to roll up their sleeves and attempt, with the Spirit's power, to achieve it!

Such leaders eventually lose credibility. I've never known a leader who could keep the vision hot and the team motivated indefinitely without eventually being able to say to the troops, "we're making progress. That dream we've been dreaming, that prayer we've been praying, that picture of the future that's fired us up--well, it's happening. We're not just blowing smoke."

A leader who can't point to actual progress will eventually have to answer an awkward question from someone on the team: "oh great Visionary One, when might we get some indication that we're getting closer to the destination?" A question like that should tip off a leader that teammates will not ensure mere vision casting indefinitely. They need to see results.