The Strategic Significance of Leadership Manifesting Greatness Through

The Strategic Significance of Leadership Manifesting Greatness Through Strategic Leadership Presented By Art Jackson ENPM, Inc.

Strategic … Significance … Leadership …

My Bold Prediction “The organizations that will be the most significant in the years going forward … The ones that will manifest their intended level of greatness … Will be the ones that implement the best strategic leadership!”

The Definition of Greatness ► “wealth, position and power are no measures of greatness; what we become and what we could have been, those among us who close that gap, those are the ones we will consider great” Dr. Benjamin E. Mays - Morehouse University ► “Closing the gap between who you are and who you were created to be. ” ENPM

“We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them. ” Albert Einstein The Challenge To Greatness ENPM

Three Types Of People Can’t & Don’t Can & Do

Troy

The Story The Trojans Hector Paris Priam King of Troy

The Story The Greeks Achilles Odysseus Agamemnon & Menelaus Kings of Sparta & Mycenae

The Story One Other Greek Helen

And Then … The Manure Hit The Fan!

Strategic Leaders Priam King of Troy Hector The City of Troy Ocean

The Strategy Priam King of Troy Hector The City of Troy Kill Zone Ocean

The Greek Strategy Agamemnon & Menelaus Kings of Sparta & Mycenae The City of Troy Kill Zone Ocean Achilles Odysseus

The ‘New’ Trogan Strategy Agamemnon & Menelaus Kings of Sparta & Mycenae The City of Troy Kill Zone Ocean Achilles Odysseus

Leadership & Strategy! The City of Troy Kill Zone Ocean

The Strategic Significance of Leadership – Agenda ü The Great Challenges ü Leadership ü Strategic Planning ü Leading the Strategic Planning Process ü The Strategic Leadership Process

The Three-Legged Hog Challenge!

The Great Challenges!

The Perspective Challenge

The ‘Body of Knowledge’ Challenge Leaders cannot learn enough … Fast enough … And do enough on their own To effectively define, implement, and reexecute.

For Organizations to WIN! Leaders Must Rely … On the prepared minds of all team members throughout the organization!

Three Types Of People Can’t & Don’t Can & Do

Three Types Of People Can’t & Don’t Can & Don’t

The ‘ 1’ Thing Exercise City Slickers What is the most important thing for your team to accomplish over the next 12 months? Why?

Leadership

“Kingdoms Have Been Lost … For The Lack Of Strategic Leadership!” v What are you trying to accomplish? v What’s your SWOTL status? v What will it look like when you arrive?

“Kingdoms Have Been Lost … For The Lack Of Strategic Leadership!” v What are the challenges you will face? v Is everyone on your team … On your team?

Definitions “Leadership is the art, the talent, the skill, the ability to get others to do those things they do not naturally or normally want to do. ” Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf

Strategic Leadership Is … v The ability to influence others to voluntarily make decisions that enhance the organization’s long-term success while maintaining long-term financial stability. v The ability to focus the organization during the process of deciding purpose (mission) and the best practices that are critical for remaining competitive and relevant.

Strategic Leadership Is … v The ability to think differently about how to marshal resources and deliver services; v The ability to balance the analytical perspective with the human dimension perspective; v Abоut the сарасity to liѕten аnd оbѕerve;

Strategic Leadership Is … v Using expertise аѕ а ѕtаrting роint tо enсоurаge diаlоgue about рrосeѕѕeѕ, values and vision at all levels of the organization; v Generating rather than following consensus; v Initiating strategic сhаnge that makes for significant improvement!

The Main Goals of Your Strategic Leadership Efforts v Manifesting greatness by maximizing performance v Getting everyone … Everyone … Participating! v Creating an ever changing and adapting environment

The Main Goals of Your Strategic Leadership Efforts v Forging a ‘steel-hard team’ v Distributing power v Developing trust v Creating ‘strategic leaders’!

Characteristics of Strategic Leaders ü Technical ability with a strategic orientation; ü Translate strategy into action; ü Align people and organizations;

Characteristics of Strategic Leaders ü Determine effective strategic intervention points; ü Displays a certain dissatisfaction or restlessness with the present (Eyes are always on the horizon, not just on the near at hand); ü Have ‘absorptive capacity’;

Characteristics of Strategic Leaders ü Adaptive capacity (the ability to work with change) And … ü Wisdom (Davis, 2004). ”

Strategic Leaders … “Align systems, culture, and organizational structure To ensure consistency with the strategy. ” (Beatty and Quinn, 2010, p. 7).

Strategic Leadership Competencies Include … v Both strategy formulation and implementation; v A sense of direction; v The ability to build ownership (Buy-in); v The ability to implement change.

Seven Principles of Strategic Leadership (Quong and Walker) 1. Have a future orientation; 2. Research to generate evidence; 3. Get things done; 4. Open new horizons;

Seven Principles of Strategic Leadership (Quong and Walker) 5. Ensure all leaders are actually ‘fit to lead’; 6. Generate partnership with the entire team; and 7. Do the ‘Next Right Thing’.

Leading The Strategic Planning Process

“This is a football. ”

The Big Difference Between Surviving and Thriving is … The Impartation of ‘An Inspired Vision’

The General Process Mission Vision Values

Answers The Key Questions v "What do we do? " v “Who do we do it for? " v "How do we manifest greatness doing it? "

Closing!

Final Questions

The Significance of Strategic Leadership … ? Life Can Be Painful Without It!

The Change! Agamemnon & Menelaus Kings of Sparta & Mycenae The City of Troy Kill Zone Ocean Achilles Odysseus

Strategic … Significance … Leadership …

My Bold Prediction “The organizations that will be the most significant in the years going forward … The ones that will manifest their intended level of greatness … Will be the ones that implement the best strategic leadership!”

“The Only Place Where Greatness and Significance Comes Before … ü Hard Work ü Leadership ü And Strategy … Is In The Dictionary!”

It’s Been A Pleasure “The saddest words of tongue or pen are the ones that list … what might have been” ‘ Just Be Great’!

To Contact ENPM, Inc. or Art Jackson Eagles Nest Performance Management, Inc. Strategic Planning and Implementation Training Organizational Development Performance Management and Coaching 14540 Colony Creek Ct. Woodbridge, VA 22193 703 -680 -3203 w a. jackson@eaglesnestpm. com www. artjackson. com www. The. Hidden. Rules. com

References ► Beatty, K. , & Quinn, L. (2010). Strategic Command Taking the Long View for Organizational Success. Leadership In Action, 30(1), 3 -7. ► Rowe, W. G. (2001). Creating Wealth in Organizations: The Role of Strategic Leadership. The Academy of Management Executive, 81 -94.

References ► Davies, Barbara J. & Davies, Brent (2004) Strategic leadership School Leadership & Management, Vol. 24, No. 1, February 2004 Washingborough Foundation Primary and Nursery School, UK; University of Hull, UK ► Quong, Terry & Walker, Allan (2010) Seven Principles of Strategic Leadership International Studies and Education Administration (ISEA) Volume 38, Number 1, 2010