Becoming a Strategic Leader: Your Role in Your Organization's Enduring Success, Second Edition
by Beatty, Katherine M.; Hughes, Richard L.Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2014-01-21
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary
This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Becoming a Strategic Leader contains a wealth of strategies for enhancing an individual manager's ability to exercise effective strategic leadership in organizations by providing a distinctive and systematic approach. This effective approach has been used with great success in Center for Creative Leadership's Developing the Strategic Leader Program. The authors offer fresh suggestions on how to develop the individual, team, and organizational skills needed for institutions to become more adaptable, flexible, and resilient.
Author Biography
Richard L. Hughes served as transformation chair and academic department head at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has also served in various management and teaching roles at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), where his work focused on senior executive leadership and organizational leadership development.
Katherine Colarelli Beatty has developed strategic leadership capabilities in individuals, teams, and organizations for more than twenty years. She has worked with nonprofit, government, and for-profit organizations from a variety of industries around the globe. Kate is the managing director of the Colorado Springs campus of CCL.
David L. Dinwoodie has served as general manager of EADA Business School in Barcelona. He has held senior management positions with pan-European and global responsibilities at Ernst & Young, BICC General Cable, Planeta de Agostini, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. David is the regional director for Latin America at CCL.
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
About the Authors xvii
Introduction 1
1. What Is Strategic Leadership? 9
2. Strategic Thinking 53
3. Strategic Acting 105
4. Strategic Infl uence 145
5. Strategic Leadership Teams 197
6. Leadership Strategies for Superior Performance 229
7. Developing Strategic Leadership 259
Appendix A: Strategic Driver Paired-Voting Form 283
Appendix B: STRAT: Strategic Team Review and Action Tool 285
Appendix C: Using STRAT to Develop Your Strategic Leadership Team 291
Appendix D: STRAT Norm Data 299
Appendix E: Talent Sustainability Requirements 303
Appendix F: Leadership Strategy Plan Template 305
Appendix G: Action Learning Projects Criteria for Project Selection 309
References 311
Index 319
About the Center for Creative Leadership 327
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