Strategic Leadership Framework
AY 2012-2013
SL Framework
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
NAME OF COURSE INSTRUCTOR HERE
Mrs. Janie Benton
ZAIM SHKRIJELJ, LTC
MACEDONIAN AIR FORCE
SEMINAR 16
[Steven Philip Kramer], PRIMARY FACULTY ADVISOR
The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy
National Defense University
Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. 20319-5062
The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the National Defense University, the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government.
Last stone on Pyramid
Leadership is really relative new phenomena and in my opinion there is no exact prescription or check list how to do it. As a matter of fact it shouldn’t have prescription because it is about people and leading people and organization. In this content it is also hard to establish norms and values for leadership.
In my paper I would try to explain my framework of strategic leadership and mention things that matter. For me Strategic leadership doesn’t have to be stereotype, it must be very flexible and dynamic. Even I don’t believe in Strategic leadership prescription I am going to explain what kind of elements my leadership is based on. Using my experience and SL course framework I have defined four main elements of my SL framework. In following paragraphs I am going to explain each of them and give some “stone” of each element in order to build my SL pyramid.
Before I explain elements of my Strategic leadership I have to define the last “stone” in my pyramid that connect all elements of Strategic Leadership. That stone is Vision. No person can provide successful leadership without vision. No person can connect all elements of leadership if doesn’t have clear picture what to do next and which direction to go. Vision is connective tissue that gives leaders and followers comfort in exercising leadership. In my opinion, vision shouldn’t state current situation, it should state future of every
SL Framework
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
NAME OF COURSE INSTRUCTOR HERE
Mrs. Janie Benton
ZAIM SHKRIJELJ, LTC
MACEDONIAN AIR FORCE
SEMINAR 16
[Steven Philip Kramer], PRIMARY FACULTY ADVISOR
The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy
National Defense University
Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. 20319-5062
The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the National Defense University, the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government.
Last stone on Pyramid
Leadership is really relative new phenomena and in my opinion there is no exact prescription or check list how to do it. As a matter of fact it shouldn’t have prescription because it is about people and leading people and organization. In this content it is also hard to establish norms and values for leadership.
In my paper I would try to explain my framework of strategic leadership and mention things that matter. For me Strategic leadership doesn’t have to be stereotype, it must be very flexible and dynamic. Even I don’t believe in Strategic leadership prescription I am going to explain what kind of elements my leadership is based on. Using my experience and SL course framework I have defined four main elements of my SL framework. In following paragraphs I am going to explain each of them and give some “stone” of each element in order to build my SL pyramid.
Before I explain elements of my Strategic leadership I have to define the last “stone” in my pyramid that connect all elements of Strategic Leadership. That stone is Vision. No person can provide successful leadership without vision. No person can connect all elements of leadership if doesn’t have clear picture what to do next and which direction to go. Vision is connective tissue that gives leaders and followers comfort in exercising leadership. In my opinion, vision shouldn’t state current situation, it should state future of every