Welcome and thanks for reading this post. If you’re exploring this blog for the first time, hopefully you’re looking for insights into the topic of strategic leadership. It’s certainly the case that there’s no shortage of writing on leadership in general—what it is, how to think about it, and how to become a better leader. There’s less on the topic of strategic leadership. While vitally important, it isn’t an area that’s well understood. This blog aims to fill that gap. Which brings me to its purpose:

To serve as a resource for leaders at all levels who want to think and act more strategically.

With that in mind, the posts that follow will delve into a variety of topics related to strategic leadership: what it is, who strategic leaders are, as well as how they think and act. To accomplish this, the blog will provide definitions, delve into various models and frameworks, present cases with examples, and illustrate strategic leadership in action—all in the spirit of helping readers develop and hone their own approach to being strategic leaders both individually and in the processes they lead. This work should yield leaders who are more effective in one of the most critical aspect of their role.

Anyone who has been or is currently a leader knows it’s difficult work. Often the daily pressures associated with responding to emails, shoring up teams, scrambling to finish deliverables, and fighting fires in general get in the way of evaluating the future. In a world that’s evolving at an ever-increasing pace, this is perilous behavior. Sooner or later, uncertainties regarding the future resolve—those leaders who haven’t spent time considering the potential impact will find themselves at the mercy of those who have. No effective, strategically-focused leader should ever find themselves in this situation.