Strategic Leader and Strategic Leadership

Strategic leader is a guiding force to drive an organization in the right direction. Strategic leader choose the right strategy at right time.

Strategy is a predefined set of actions to be taken to achieve certain goals or objectives.

If strategic leader continuously choosing the optimum strategies for various objectives and got success in achievement of majority of objectives then it can be said that the organization is under good leadership.

Strategic leader can be anyone like MD, CEO, COO, General Manager, Project Manager, Team leader or an individual Employee with respect to their work profile.

A strategic leader first of all define the goals or objectives. Then he / she selects alternative course of actions. Then he or she evaluates all the alternative course of actions and do the analysis bye considering various factors affecting the decision making dilemma.

There are two types of factors one is external factors and the other is internal factors. Rules and regulations of the country and geographical area, political conditions, public support, relative image of organization in society etc. are external factors where as good financial conditions, employees support, good relations with labor organizations and progressive environment etc are internal factors.

The effects of various courses of actions are also analyzed at macro and micro levels.

After that, by considering all the factors, the optimum course of actions can be selected and applied to achieve the desired goals or objectives.

Strategies are the big plan and minor changes are acceptable at various stages by time to time and according to circumstances. Plan, Do, Check and Act method is applied.

And in this way strategic leader prove his / her strategic leadership in the organization.

The strategic leader is always open to accept new ideas and always be ready to listen from...