--- title: "Visionaries and Integrators - Part 2: What is a Visionary?" description: A visionary generates ideas, is a strategic thinker, can see the big picture, has a pulse on your industry, and develops great new products and services. image: https://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/Blog_Featured_Images/integrator-visionary.jpg --- - [2020 EOS Conference](https://eosconference.com/) - Request a Speaker - [Become an EOS Implementer](https://eosi.eosworldwide.com) - [Find an EOS Implementer](https://eosimplementers.com/) - Contact - [**Login to Base Camp**](https://bc.eosworldwide.com) - [Base Camp](https://www.eosworldwide.com/base-camp-overview) - [Blog](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog) [MENU](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/visionaries-and-integrators-are-essential-part-two#sidr) - What is EOS? - [EOS Model](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-model) - [EOS Process](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-process) - [EOS Toolbox](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-toolbox) - [EOS History & Team](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-story-team) - [EOS Implementers](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/what-is-an-eos-implementer) - Why EOS Works - [Why EOS Works](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/why-eos-works) - [Real World Results](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/testimonials) - [EOS Books](https://www.eosworldwide.com/traction-library) - [EOS Tools](https://www.eosworldwide.com/eos-tools) - [Base Camp](https://www.eosworldwide.com/base-camp-overview) - [**Get Started**](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/get-started) - [Find an EOS Implementer](https://www.eosimplementers.com) - [Become an Implementer](https://eosi.eosworldwide.com) - [Contact](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/contact) - [Base Camp Login](https://basecamp.eosworldwide.com) - [Blog](http://blog.eosworldwide.com) - [Request a Speaker](https://www.eosworldwide.com/book-a-speaker) - [2020EOS Conference](https://eosconference.com/) Close ![Header-Placeholder.jpg](https://info.eosworldwide.com/hs-fs/hubfs/eos-blog2.jpg?width=1678&name=eos-blog2.jpg "Header-Placeholder.jpg") ## EOS Worldwide Blog Advice and Insight for Entrepreneurs and Leadership Teams ##### Search the Blog : # [Visionaries and Integrators - Part 2: What is a Visionary?](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/visionaries-and-integrators-are-essential-part-two) Written by[Mike Paton](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/author/mike-paton) on October 26, 2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [EOS Leadership Team](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/eos-leadership-team) [Accountability Chart](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/accountability-chart) [Integrator](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/integrator) [Visionary](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/visionary) One of the most powerful EOS® tools is the Accountability Chart. It’s powerful because it crystallizes the right structure and illustrates all available seats in your organization. In addition, it clarifies who reports to who and who is accountable for what. All that said, it also illuminates the [Visionary and Integrator roles](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/visionaries-and-integrators-are-essential-part-one/) sitting atop the major functions of your business. An organization has a Visionary about 50 percent of the time, and it must have an Integrator 100 percent of the time. ![integrator-visionary.jpg](https://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/Blog_Featured_Images/integrator-visionary.jpg "integrator-visionary.jpg") ## What is a Visionary? A Visionary is a person who has lots of ideas, is a strategic thinker, always sees the big picture, has a pulse on your industry, connects the dots, and researches and develops new products and services. The Visionary typically is the founding entrepreneur, operates more on emotion, and has ADD (but not always). This person is great with big relationships, the culture of the organization, and solving big, ugly problems (not the little ones); seeing things others can’t; creating and holding the company vision; and is great at closing big deals. Visionaries are the creators of everything. ## Visionaries Without Integrators: A Recipe for Chaos On the other side, a Visionary isn’t good at holding people accountable, doesn’t like details, doesn’t like running the day-to-day of the business, isn’t good at following through, gets distracted easily, and is always trying to get 100 pounds in a 50 pound bag. All of this can create a lot of chaos for an organization. If you are a Visionary, your job is to delegate and to elevate yourself to your true God-given skill set. This will require you to have a strong Integrator in place so that you can fully assume the Visionary role for your organization – freeing up your energy and creativity to grow your company, protect your vision, wow your customers, get more business, protect your culture, and stay three steps ahead of everyone, including the competition. **One caution**: it’s vital that you, as a Visionary, trust and work closely with your Integrator. Your Integrator will serve as a great filter of all your ideas and protect the company from the chaos so your organization can stay focused and work efficiently. ## Next Steps - Download a free chapter of the book [*Rocket Fuel: The One Essential Combination That Will Get You More Of What You Want From Your Business.*](https://www.eosworldwide.com/rocket-fuel) - Watch this video about [Why Entrepreneurial Companies Need a Visionary and Integrator](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YRGZfzyk8M). - Take the [Rocket Fuel Assessment](http://www.rocketfuelnow.com/) to find out if you’re a Visionary or an Integrator. The Rocket Fuel Assessment was created by EOS Founder Gino Wickman and EOS Certified Implementer Mark C. Winters to help create the most powerful Visionary/Integrator duos on the planet. - [Order *What The Heck Is EOS?*](https://traction.eosworldwide.com/what-is-eos) for every employee in your company. Save 50% off **the retail price** when you order 20+ hardcover copies of the book from our publisher. 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