strategic leadership - strategic implementation
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Strategic leadershipStrategic Implementation
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Manu Melwin JoyAssistant Professor
Ilahia School of Management Studies
Kerala, India.Phone – 9744551114
Mail – [email protected]
Strategic leadership• The term strategic
leader is used to describe the manager who head the organization and who are primarily responsible for creating and implementing strategic change.
Themes of strategic leadership
Strategic Vision• A well crafted, appreciated
and supported mission is at the heart of a leader’s strategic vision. It may reflect his own current assessment of where the firm should go or how he may continue to carry out the long term plans established by his predecessor.
Pragmatism
• Pragmatism is the ability
to make things happen
and achieve positive
results. This can happen
only when leader utilize
resource in an efficient
and effective way.
Structure and policies
• A visionary strategic
leader, as an agent of
change, should lay down
the rules of the game in
concrete terms and
resolve all contentious
issues in a proper way
Communication network• Both formal and informal
network should be used by the leader to inform people about priorities and strategies and ensure that these are implemented expeditiously. Lateral communication should be encouraged, in addition to upward and downward communication channels, between various departments and divisions.
Culture• A strategic leader can
influence the culture of a company significantly. In fact, every company reflects the character and personality of its leader. The beliefs and values of the leader have a strong bearing on how employees behave and react to situations on a daily basis.
Managing change• Effective leaders are
responsible for initiating necessary changes that ensure continued organizational success. To manage change effectively, the leader need to have a clear vision of the future – where the organization is heading together with the means for creating and reaching this future.
Governance and Management• The major responsibilities of
strategic leaders with respect to corporate governance are provide direction in the form of mission, formulate and implement changes, monitor and control operations, provide policies and guidelines to other team members and achieve results in a manner acceptable to society at large.