This whitepaper captures the essence of Strategic Leadership. It is authored by Dr. Ted Marra, a strategic facilitator, organizational mentor, and writer. He has consulted with over 160 organizations in 40 countries during the past 44 years and has guided transformation initiatives in some of the world's most prominent global companies. He has led business turnarounds, launched new businesses, and helped SMEs double in size and move from a local to global market reach. Ted has also lectured in MBA/EMBA programs at universities across the U.S. and Europe; and former Senior Policy Advisor to President Reagan.

INTRODUCTION:

If you to begin a search for "Strategic Leadership," where would you begin? First, you would need a definition of your terms to guide your search. To me, "Strategic Leadership" is, unlike most of the materials written on "leadership," has application to both organizations as well as members of the leadership team of that organization. It is, in both cases, distinctly "outcome" oriented as opposed to the typical preponderance of literature on leadership that attempts to define what leadership is or should be to be effective and efficient. In fact, the attempt to define leadership has been going on as long as I can remember, and it started before I began my career 44 years ago with the likes of well-known gurus such as Peter Drucker in the 1950's. Even then, however, Peter Drucker saw that leadership was much more about "doing the right things" for an organization as opposed to "doing things right." To me, Strategic Leadership, in one aspect at least combines these to say, "doing the right things right" for the organization.

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