Organizational leadership - assignment

Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
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ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP 2
Introduction
According to Hughes, Beatty & Dinwoodie (2014), strategic Influence can be defined
as the process by which leaders in an organization engender commitment to the
organisation’s strategic learning and direction. The environment in which organisation
operates is more challenging. Thus it is necessary for leaders to implement appropriate
strategies and influence other employees to work towards them. Strategic leaders always
understand their strategic thinking and may be decisive and strong enough to carry on with
their management practices despite the challenges. The following are ways in which one can
strategically influence the organisation and maximise the organisational benefits
Involving others in the firm: Employees may develop varying perspectives towards
a project. Involvement, therefore, ensures that better strategies are formulated (Herrmann,
Nadkarni, 2014). Ideally, projects formulated as a group may be better than those formulated
in isolation. Furthermore, different parties involved in a project may generate essential ideas
that may enable project improvement
Building good relationship inside and outside the organisation: According Hughes,
Beatty, & Dinwoodie (2014) “Trust is both built and broken over time based on small subtle
and common mistakes”. Therefore for any organisation to perform well, leaders and other
people in the firm must mutually understand each other by setting agreement where needed,
respecting other’s abilities and skills and allowing people to make their own decisions.
Building and sustaining momentum: Enhancing good relationships in a firm as a
foundation is significant for a specific strategy to be successful. Strategic influence is not a
one-time occasion, but it is a process that starts with self-understanding and building
connections with other people and proceeds through the creating and maintaining momentum
in the centre of organisational change. Therefore a leader should ensure that daily business
pressures do not distract the organisation from pursuing its long-term goals (Kazmia &