The authors of the Harvard Business Review article and our textbook go hand in hand. For example, our textbook identifies the key characteristics of good strategic leadership as (1) vision, eloquence, and consistency, (2) commitment, (3) being well informed, (4) willingness to delegate and empower, (5) astute use of power, and (6) emotional intelligence. In the article, the authors talk about how they asked representatives from nine companies that were household names what their leadership models were. They listed "has a strong vision," "fosters teamwork," "demonstrates emotional intelligence," and the like. This was an obvious comparison to our textbook because not only did the authors of the article have this in mind, so did the representatives. The article also talks about how to build a leadership brand through principles. One of the principles is "nail the prerequisites of leadership." This principle also goes hand in hand with our textbook because the prerequisites of leadership are the key characterisitcs of leadership.
After reading the pages in the textbook, reading the article, watching the Jack Welch DVD, and learning in depth about these characteristics, I have concluded that my personal views about strategic leadership have not changed. My views and feelings about strategic leadership agreed with the textbook and the article to begin with which did not create anything for me to disagree with. It takes a great leader to make a company a household name. It takes character, knowledge, articulation, skills, and perspective just to name a few, and I think that is what the authors were trying to convey in this article.
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