Envision
Shaping the Vision, Setting Objectives and Determining Preconditions.
This blog delves into the first step of the 7E Model for Excellence — Envision. This critical phase involves shaping your vision, setting clear objectives, and determining the necessary preconditions. By laying a strong foundation here, you set the stage for every subsequent action, ensuring that your journey toward sustained excellence is guided by a clear and inspiring roadmap.
Shaping the Vision: A Guiding Star for Success
Every pursuit of excellence starts with a clear and compelling vision. The Envision phase is about defining what success looks like, creating a guiding star for all future efforts. This vision serves as the foundation of excellence, ensuring that every step aligns with your ultimate goals. A well-crafted vision inspires and motivates, offering clarity and direction to everyone involved in the process.
From Vision to Action: Setting Objectives
After defining your vision, the next essential step is to translate it into clear objectives. These objectives break down your vision into actionable components, making the journey forward both manageable and achievable. Each objective acts as a milestone that moves you closer to realizing your vision. By setting specific, measurable goals, you create a precise roadmap that drives the successful execution of your vision.
Determining Preconditions: Guardrails for Success
To ensure that future steps lead to the desired outcomes, it is important to determine preconditions — those essential guidelines that keep you aligned with your vision. These preconditions act as guardrails, enabling quick and decisive action in later stages without requiring constant re-evaluation. By setting these preconditions early on, you maintain consistency and focus throughout the entire process.
Real-World Application: The Vision Behind CATS CM®
Contracts are an integral part of every business. On the sales side, contracts drive 100% of activities, while on the procurement side, companies attribute 70% to 80% of their spending to outsourced costs. The conclusion is clear: no one achieves success alone. Effective contract management requires a clear and collaborative process that extends beyond the boundaries of a single organization, involving external stakeholders as well.
“Successful contract management embraces the reality that true collaboration transcends individual boundaries”
Crafting a Global Standard for Consistent and Flexible Contract Management
The vision behind the CATS CM® framework is to establish the world’s leading contract management standard — a blueprint for best practices and a common language that empowers organizations to succeed. This standard provides consistency while preserving the flexibility to adapt to diverse situations, ensuring that excellence is both achievable and sustainable.
By following this structured approach in the Envision phase, you lay a strong foundation for continuous improvement and long-term success.
In the next blog, we will dive into Step 2: Explore, where we will explore how to gather insights, identify opportunities, and set the stage for informed action.