John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Effective Leadership

Follow-up test

The role of the strategic leader

• Do you now have a clear idea of the role and responsibilities of a strategic leader?
• Are you aware that the art of strategia – being a leader-in-chief – requires much more of you than defining corporate strategy in the narrow sense?
• Have you grasped the essential functions required to be an effective leader at three levels (team, operational and strategic)?

Strategic leadership skills

• Has your organization a clear sense of direction, stemming from a common purpose, a positive set of values and a realistic vision for the future?
• Does your high-quality strategic thinking lead to strategic planning that both involves and commits the key players?
• Do you and your top team ensure that it happens? ...