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Strategic Leadership Defined
All men can see the tactics whereby I conquered, but what none can see is the strategy
out of which it evolved Sun Tzu
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Baden PowellBaden Powell
Scouting / Guiding should never be an organisation, but a movement – able to assess, adapt and change
when and if needed
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Strategic Leadership Defined
ArtArt & & DisciplineDiscipline
ArtCreativity to fashion a vision
DisciplineDirect thought processes & turn
vision into reality through action
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ArtArt
Thinking that is open, out of the box
Big picture –helicopter view
Creating alternative strategic visions
Ability to see what if? Scenarios
Courage to analyse & see decision making criteria
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DisciplineDisciplineCourage to make decisions Implement policyGet others to share vision & work together
to achieve it
Beatty in “Becoming a Strategic Leader” defines it as:-
“A way of thinking, acting & influencing others in ways that enhance an
organisation’s sustainable, competitive advantage”.
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Who are Strategic Leaders Who are Strategic Leaders
IndividualsTeams
All levels of organisation
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Characteristics of Characteristics of Strategic LeadershipStrategic Leadership
Broad in scope
Impact felt over long periods of time
Often involves significant organisational change
Drive & move an organisation so that it will thrive in the long thrive in the long
termterm
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ExamplesExamples
IBM & DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation)
In 2002 IBM was a leading company in modern computer technology
DEC became more inward looking sold out to Compaq in 1998
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Relevance to GGGSRelevance to GGGS
Strategic Leaders = good managers + good leaders =
action and action and improvementimprovement
Strategic Leadership = continuous processcontinuous process
“It is not enough just to thinkthink, planplan & reflectreflect, people want to see things happenhappen
GGGS cannot rest on its product as in past -Too much competition today for our time”
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Strategic Organisation = Strategic Organisation = Continually Becoming Continually Becoming
Assessing where we are
In community / WAGGGS
Understanding where we are & want to be
Mission Vision
Learning how to get there
Planning & using strategies that will continue to make us who we are
Making journey Implementing tactics
Checking progress Current performance
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Learning Process Learning Process for Strategic Organisation for Strategic Organisation
Learning how to get there
Understanding who we are & where we
want to go
Making the journey
Checking our progress
Assessing where we are
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Strategic LeadershipStrategic Leadership Involves discovery more than determination
Is not reserved for those at the top
Strategic LeadersStrategic Leaders Must foster Strategic Leadership in others
Blend skills of thinking, acting & influencing to drive strategy as a learning process
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Trunk = Trunk = organisation organisation principles & valuesprinciples & values
Roots = Board/ Roots = Board/ Executive CommitteeExecutive Committee
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Where?Where?
Strategic organisations plan & work to solve
long & short term goals
Balance of long term & short term planning is vital to success of
strategic organisation
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1. Functionally successful in short
term, but not sustainable long term
2. Strategically focused
organisation successful in both short & long term
3. Failure inevitable both in short & long term
4. Short term crises will prevent
longer term sustainability
Operational Process & Planning
Short Term Effective Mgt
Strategic Planning Process (Long Term)
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TaskTask Back of your workbook - story from GGA Garden
Land
Using the 5 steps of the process we have talked about discuss
how the Executive Committee could approach this issue
what questions they may need to ask
what they need to be assessing
how they could work
in order to reach the best decision for GGA Garden Land at this time
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Successful Strategic MO within WAGGGSSuccessful Strategic MO within WAGGGS
Provides direction
Uses strategic thinking for policy making
Has a definite plan of action
Balances long & short term goals
Creates ownership
Builds partnerships
Leads by example
Has a succession plan
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Needs toNeeds to
Develop balance - short & long term Develop strategic leadership
in self & othersTurn vision into reality Turn words into action
(make the journey)Monitor progress - change direction
if needed
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I skate where the puck is going to be,
not where it has beenWayne Gretskey
LeadershipLeadership that can
THINKACT
INFLUENCE
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A Strategic plan is only a plan for an MOActual strategy lies in the decisions & choices an organisation makes as they enact or fail to enact the plan
Strategic LeadershipStrategic Leadership is the responsibility of many people, not just those at the top; a process of never ending individual, team and organisation learning & cannot be explained by a set of procedures
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