Leadership and strategic implementation

 

A good leader creates wonders out of chaos whereas a bad leader turns an amicable situation into chaotic one.

While discussing importance of strategy implementation during our strategy class today, my belief about leadership got reaffirmed. Leadership is supreme above all other pieces of an effective strategic implementation, namely structure, systems, culture, ethics and leadership. Wow!

Time moves, so is the external environment which leads visionaries to devise new strategies. Strategy impacts organization’s structure and systems. A good leader ensures that new strategies are implemented effectively to achieve organization goals. But what if systems are out of place, there is no clear division of work and strategy is half worked? Every chaotic situation is an opportunity for a leader. Good leaders take charge of such a situation and eventually bring harmony in the system. They ensure that organization culture, ethics, systems and structures are well aligned to achieve bigger organization structure.