Sep 25, 2019
Learn why your Strategic Plans do not get accomplished. This podcast discusses the real-world steps that we have developed over several decades that we know work. We've shared them with many company execs in our coaching sessions and workshops.
Use these simple but often missed approaches to making your vision happen.
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Strategic leadership is a leader's ability to visualize, plan, lead, and make the best out of their resources to execute strategies efficiently and successfully. Productivity and management mindset play significant roles — how leaders think equals how they lead. A strategic attitude reflects strategic agility: seeing how the big picture relates to the here and now.
Ten skills of a Strategic Leader
1. Strategic thinking
A strategic leader must first be a visionary and a strategic thinker. They think with the end in mind and only focus on necessary tasks.
2. Communication skills
Communicating the vision of where the organization should be heading is vital. Strategic leaders must have the social skills necessary to accurately share their vision with the team.
3. Strategic planning
Since organizations rely on systems to save time, money, and resources, they understand how to create designs for planned actions.
4. Measuring objectives and key results
Strategic leaders must create a goal-setting framework that defines and tracks their goals and outcomes.
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5. Strategic agility
Turning the organization's long-term vision into daily objectives is integral to strategic leadership. Strategic leaders must have a broad perspective to apply an overall image to the here and now.
6. Awareness
Strategic leaders understand how their actions and moods impact their teams. They think before acting, have emotional intelligence, and control distracting or negative attitudes.
7. Trust and reliability
You can count on strategic leaders. They go after their goals with passion and determination, and they stop at nothing until their vision turns into reality.
8. Execution
Strategic leaders are masters at strategy implementation. They understand how to turn goals into action plans and actions into results. They make the most out of their systems and resources.
9. Integrity
Being grounded in integrity and compassion is an essential part of strategic leadership. Strategic leaders must consider their team's ideas, feelings, and perspectives before making decisions.
10. Management
Strategic leaders understand how to lead a team. They know how to allocate resources, delegate responsibilities, and empower their team to make decisions on their behalf.
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Vaughn is the co-founder of Results-Driven Leadership. He is a leadership development expert, podcaster, and author. His methods are brought from his real-world experience working on the front lines and living the role of being a high-impact leader and manager. His coaching and training programs offer no theory, just common-sense advice, and direction. He is a former executive with Carmax, the world's largest and most respected company in the auto industry, and is a Fortune 100 Best Places to Work.
Vaughn's mission is to improve the impact of executives and other managers by increasing their knowledge, skills, and abilities.
His motto is "No matter what business you're in; you're in the people business."
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