The Link Between Leadership and Organisational Strategy

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11/19/2018
2018
Leading and Managing people
The link between leadership and organizational strategy

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Introduction
In today’s scenario, being a leader is the most challenging task. In addition, variations in
environment need apt leader to fulfil requirements of the business world, which, majorly
focuses on the unconventional thinking and common sense. Moreover, most importantly is to
figure out oneself in critical situation and the one who adapt themselves to change. They
think that being a leader is innovative and futuristic by approach. Leadership is one of those
ability and quality of individual, which influences and monitor the members and followers of
an organisation. Group performances and effective team are encouraged due to the efficient
working of leadership. However, bad leadership on the other hand degrades the value of life
for those who are more appropriate and are relied on a particular leader (Daskal, 2018).
For every business survival, certain strategies are needed to be developed for more attainment
of consumers, an increasing product line, an extending market by focusing on competitor’s
strategies, facing the counter attacks made by competitors to one’s objective set, with quick
actions needed to be taken into consideration. Other than this, businesses should concentrate
on improvising their existing products by refining them. With this in mind, organisations
need strategies to achieve its objectives, with all of this happening on the basis of how a
business is positioned in the marketplace (Miller, 2014). This discussion was mainly focused
on highlighting the above-mentioned concepts of leadership and organisational strategy, with
a particular focus on a company’s targets.
It majorly highlights the ability of the leadership effort along with handling organisational
strategic work through their talents and skills. Talent is inbuilt in humans whereas skills
improve through different training programmes. Developing leadership elements are a
lifelong process, as certain fundamental qualities are required from time to time for growing
and improving, and likewise, a clarity of purpose is a must for leader because leaders have to
lead all the decisions, which can be closely associated to an organisations goal, vision,
mission, targets and ethics (Heathfield, 2018).
Organisational Strategy
Organisational strategy states that a certain set of actions for a company are taken into
consideration in order for them to achieve long-term goals (O’Reilly, et al, 2010). Together,
these actions come up as a company’s strategic plans. In strategic planning, every company

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should have a clear understanding of its missions and targets. Planning is the base for an
organisational strategy. It focuses on what types of strategies are needed to be adopted, so
that the organisational long-term goals are achieved (Woodruff, 2018). Strategies are
dynamic in nature, which keeps on changing according to the change in environment. The
main work of an organisation is to keep on looking forward to strategies, continuously
working on targets, making amendments for the existing strategies, which helps the
organisation to move on a smooth track. A strategy acts as a guiding map to an entire
organisation, which not only helps in administrating and managing but also allows each
member of the organisation to work further, for the next move (Kokemuller, 2018).
Leadership
The second stated topic is leadership that highlights a major role in strategic management,
whatever the actions plans are set by an organisation, leaders work is to bring together the
various groups within an organisation to work upon the action design. By proper dedication,
persuasion and the high convincing power for their subordinates which is inbuilt in a leader,
effects the results, and not only inspire the employees for moving on positive the path which
has been outlined through strategic management planning but also making them positively
indulged for fully contributing towards the overall success of an organisation(Kruse, 2013).
Link between Leadership and Organisational strategy
Focusing on link between a leadership and organisational strategy, this states that leaders are
most important to organisational strategic management because due to their leadership
ability, they carry certain quality to bring people together for effective and efficient work for
organisation success. In fact, the main working of leader to find what all kind of work is to be
done, how it is to be done and what kind of tasks are to be assigned to each worker for
effective outcomes. A primary reason for being a leader and handling all strategic plans,
which not only guides and gives a sense of direction but they are also very much influential
by making their employees aware about, what their ultimate goal is. Leaders are born to be a
problem solver for those who are stuck and are unable to reach at their success point.
(Kramer and Stid, 2018).
In today’s scenario, strategic management activities are not static. With the change in
circumstances and situations, every strategy, which was set earlier whilst planning, has to be