Strategic Leaders
- 2. Topic 4 : Strategic Leaders • Strategic leadership develop a vision for their organization that enables it to adapt to or remain competitive in a changing economic and technological climate. • Strategic leadership is about anticipating, envisioning, maintaining flexibility, thinking strategically and empowering employees to create something new that lead to organizational transformations or changes that bring improvement in performance. • The strategic leader is also known as change driver. As a change driver, the leader creates and develops change management strategies and evolves techniques to make the employees accept the changes . • Effective strategic leadership is at the core of creating a sustainable competitive advantage in rapidly changing organizations.
- 3. The Strategic Leadership Process comprised of four steps: Competence o The right competencies, the appropriate temperament, a drive to succeed and inspire the team to achieve goals. Vision o Vision should provide strategic guidance, outlining a course for the organization to follow Communication of vision o Effectively communicate the vision to the appropriate internal groups. Serving others to realize the vision o Listening and understanding to others needs will contribute to the overall growth of the organization and the environment surrounding it. Managing Relationship o Managing relationships with colleagues, executive management, and employees is critical to becoming a strategic leader
- 4. Some of the important leadership qualities that can develop a good leader are as below ;- Honesty and integrity Decision Making Capabilities Delegation and Empowerment Creativity and Innovation Emotional Intelligence Transparency Vision and purpose
- 5. In order to become a strategic leader, on must engage in the following 3 behaviors: • Think strategically – Begin with understanding the complex relationship between your organization and its environment. With this knowledge, one can then make decisions that facilitate the organization’s success. • Act strategically – Take decisive action consistent with the strategic direction of the organization despite ambiguity and complexity. • Influence strategically – Build commitment to the organization’s strategic direction by inviting stakeholders into the strategic process, building relationships inside and outside the organization, and utilizing organizational culture and systems of influence.