Strategic Leadership Defined 1 STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP DEFINED.

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Strategic Leadership Defined

STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP DEFINED DEFINED

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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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WHY ? ? ?WHY ? ? ?

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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 Strategic

Leadership Leadership

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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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Are you prepared to have a go? Are you prepared to have a go?

It will challenge you, It will challenge you, but also be exciting to trybut also be exciting to try

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