Strategic Leader
leader
BEING
A
STRATEGIC
LEADER
SUBMITTED BY:
FULL NAME
KHALSA COLLEGE LONDON
Email :
INDEX
1. The organisation’s ethical and value-based approach to leadership: a) The impact of the organisation’s culture and values on strategic leadership page 4 b) Organisational specific, legal, regulatory and ethical requirements impact on strategic leadership demands page 5 c) The current and emerging social concerns and expectations impacting on strategic leadership in the organisation page 6
2. Strategic leadership styles
a) The relationship between strategic management and Leadership page 7 b) Leadership styles and their impact on strategic decisions. page 8
3. The leadership strategies and their impact on organisational direction
(a) A leadership strategy to support organisational direction page 12
4. Conclusion page 13
5. References page 14
Growth of a strategic leader involves a number of important aspects. First, the most important, definitely introductory, part of this research concerns values, ethics, codes, morals, and standards. Second, the path to strategic leadership resembles the building of a pyramid (appendix 1). Shortcuts do not exist, and one can’t start at the top—strategic leaders are made, not born. Strategic leaders steadily build understanding, defined as acquiring experiences over time. One must also remember that certain activities can speed up these experiences and widen perspectives. Leaders should be aware that even though some individuals with strategic capability may not become strategic decision makers, they can still pressure and contribute to decisions.
|Strategic Decision Maker |
|Strategic Competency
BEING
A
STRATEGIC
LEADER
SUBMITTED BY:
FULL NAME
KHALSA COLLEGE LONDON
Email :
INDEX
1. The organisation’s ethical and value-based approach to leadership: a) The impact of the organisation’s culture and values on strategic leadership page 4 b) Organisational specific, legal, regulatory and ethical requirements impact on strategic leadership demands page 5 c) The current and emerging social concerns and expectations impacting on strategic leadership in the organisation page 6
2. Strategic leadership styles
a) The relationship between strategic management and Leadership page 7 b) Leadership styles and their impact on strategic decisions. page 8
3. The leadership strategies and their impact on organisational direction
(a) A leadership strategy to support organisational direction page 12
4. Conclusion page 13
5. References page 14
Growth of a strategic leader involves a number of important aspects. First, the most important, definitely introductory, part of this research concerns values, ethics, codes, morals, and standards. Second, the path to strategic leadership resembles the building of a pyramid (appendix 1). Shortcuts do not exist, and one can’t start at the top—strategic leaders are made, not born. Strategic leaders steadily build understanding, defined as acquiring experiences over time. One must also remember that certain activities can speed up these experiences and widen perspectives. Leaders should be aware that even though some individuals with strategic capability may not become strategic decision makers, they can still pressure and contribute to decisions.
|Strategic Decision Maker |
|Strategic Competency
References: 1. T. Owen Jacobs, Strategic Leadership: The Competitive Edge (Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.: Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 2000), 24. 2. US Industrial College of the Armed Forces, chap. 1, “Overview,” Strategic Leadership and Decision Making: Preparing Senior Executives for the 21st Century (Washington, D.C.: National Defense University Press, 1997), 3. Edgar F. Puryear Jr., American Generalship: Character Is Everything: The Art of Command (Novato, Calif.: Presidio Press, 2000), 232. 4. Boone, L., Kurtz, D. 1992. Contemporary Marketing. Fort Worth, TX: Dryden Press. "Developing Your Strategic SWOT Analysis." 5. Principles of Marketing by Philip Kotler Bibliography: 1. On-line, Internet, September 2000, available from http://www.ndu.edu/inss/books/books. as on date 16th march 2011 2. Online internet http://bx.businessweek.com/strategic-leadership/reference/ as on date 16th march 2011