Leadership in Action: Strategic Leadership

Individual Leader–Organization Interface

The individual leader-organization interface helps us think about how a leader's behavior affects others—either directly, through face-to-face contact with, for instance, teams and staffs, or indirectly, through establishment or reinforcement of organizational systems, norms, climate, and more. In the most general sense, there are two questions of primary importance for leaders here. First, as a leader, what is my impact on the organization? That is, how clearly do I communicate my ideas to others? What impact does the climate I create have on others? How effective am I in influencing others? How can I be more effective in this organization? Second, what is the organization's impact on me? That is, in ...