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Creating Vision and Creating Vision and Strategic DirectionStrategic Direction

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“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”

Jack Welch

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“The Best Way to Predict the Future is to CREATE it!”

Peter Drucker

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Strategic LeadershipStrategic Leadership

The ability to anticipate and envision the future, maintain flexibility, think strategically, and initiate changes that will create a competitive advantage for the organization in the future

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Most important function of a Most important function of a leaderleader

The most important function of a leader is to develop a clear and compelling picture of the future, and to secure commitment secure commitment to that idea.

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Ex. 13.1Ex. 13.1 The Domain of Strategic The Domain of Strategic LeadershipLeadership

Architecture for alignment and implementation

Strategy

Mission

Vision

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VisionVision

An attractive, ideal future that is credible yet not readily available.

It should evoke a picture in the mind and suggests a future orientation, implies a standard of excellence or virtuous condition, and has the quality of uniqueness!

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Ex. 13.2Ex. 13.2 Examples of Brief Vision Examples of Brief Vision Statements Statements (selected)(selected)

Motorola– Become the premier company in the world

Ritz-Carlton (Amelia Island) Engineering Dept.– Where no hotel has gone before – free of all defects

Johnson Controls Inc.– Continually exceed our customers’ increasing expectations

New York City Transit– No graffiti

Egon Zehnder– Be the worldwide leader in executive search

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Questions to Ask?Questions to Ask?

The leader must ask theree questions to test his or her vision:

1) Is this the right time?

2) Is this the right direction?

3) Are these the right goals?

This must then be shared with your team and have it SUPPORTED.

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Ex. 13.3Ex. 13.3 The Nature The Nature of the Visionof the Vision

Current reality

Staying the course

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What Vision DoesWhat Vision Does

• Links the present to the future

• Energizes people and gains commitment

• Gives meaning to work

• Establishes a standard of excellence and integrity

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Common Themes of VisionCommon Themes of Vision

• Vision has broad appeal• Vision deals with change• Vision encourages faith and hope• Vision reflects high ideals• Vision defines the destination and the journey

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Vision must be able to:Vision must be able to:

• Work at multiple levels

• Be inspirational at all levels

• Encourage independent action

• Develop Self-reference

• Be supported by the Company LeaderShip

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Requirements for an effective Requirements for an effective VisionVision

• For a VISION to be effective it must be developed by leaders.

• Developed by leaders, those with strengths to influence to establish direction

• Must be communicated to followers and must be supported by them.

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Requirements for an effective Requirements for an effective VisionVision

• Developed by leaders, those with strengths to influence to establish direction

• Must be communicated to followers and must be supported by them.

• Must be comprehensive and detailed so all understands it’s meaning and direction.

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MissionMission

The organization’s core broad purpose and reason for existence

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MissionMission

• Two critical parts:– Core values guide the organization– Core purpose is why the organization exists

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Leader’s Framework for Noble Leader’s Framework for Noble PurposePurpose

Purpose Description Basis for Action

Discovery Finding the new Pioneer

Excellence Being the best Fulfillment

Altruism Providing service Happiness

Heroism Being effective Achievement

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Strategic ManagementStrategic Management

Strategic Management– The set of decisions and actions used to formulate

and implement specific strategies that will achieve a competitively superior fit between the organization and its environment so as to achieve organization goals

Strategy– The general plan of action that describes resource

allocation and other activities for dealing with the environment and helping the organization attain its goals

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Develop Strategies Focusing OnDevelop Strategies Focusing On

• Core competence

• Developing synergy

• Creating value for customers

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Core CompetenceCore Competence

Something the organization does extremely well in comparison to competitors

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Synergy and ValueSynergy and Value

Synergy: the interaction of organizational parts to produce a joint effect that is greater than the sum of the parts

Value: the combination of benefits received and costs paid by the customer

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Strategy Formulation and Strategy Formulation and ImplementationImplementation

Strategy Formulation– The integrating knowledge of the environment, vision,

and mission with the core competence in such a way as to achieve synergy and create customer value

Strategy Implementation– Putting strategy into action by adjusting various parts

of the organization and directing resources to accomplish strategic goals

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Ex. 13.7Ex. 13.7 Making Strategic Decisions Making Strategic DecisionsEase of Implementation

Hard Easy

Strategic Impact

High

Low

High Impact, Hard to Implement.Major changes, but with potential for high payoff

High Impact, Easy to Implement.Simple changes that have high strategic impact – take action here first

Low Impact, Hard to Implement.Difficult changes with little or no potential for payoff – avoid this category

Low Impact, Easy to Implement.Incremental improvements, “small wins;” pursue for symbolic value of success

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Ex. 13.8Ex. 13.8 Linking Strategic Vision and Linking Strategic Vision and Strategic ActionStrategic Action

The Dreamer The Effective Leader

The Uninvolved The Doer

Action

Low HighLow

High

Vision