Strategic leadership

I feel that A leader should be someone that is concentrated on a goal and is willing to do anything to achieve it. With this said, a good leader's enthusiam will impact who he/she is leading. For example, Welsch from General Electric is a good leader. But for what reason? He is a good leader because he believes that his job is managing people effectively. He believes that if he assesses people in the right manner he will get the right results out of them. He believes in the philosphy of appraising people, but only if you are completely honest. Being dishonest with a person regarding their work is the worst thing that you can do to that particular person because it doesnt help them, it hurts them. Welsch, in some ways is a different type of leader because of his attitude, but how can you hate someone who is always honest. It's easy to understand why he is so succesfull. His "straight shooter" ethics have made him billions of dollars, so it's impossible to argue with his methods.

Senior Business Seminar- Assignment #5

By 10:00 AM on Tuesday, September 25th, read the case study at the end of chapter 1,"Shattered Dreams: Level 3 Communications". Select any question at the end of the case that has yet to be answered by 4 students. Publish your answer in a new post of no more than 2 paragraphs. Label your post: Level 3 Communications Question #_-
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Strategic Leadership - Steve Moore

"You want your leaders to be the kind of people who embody the promises your company makes to its customers. To build this capacity, follow these five principles" (Ulrich, 1). The authors Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood believe that the same five characteristics that are listed in the book are needed for good strategic leadership. The article lists several companies that they call "leader feeder" firms. Companies like PepsiCo, Disney, Boeing, etc. are producing leader after leader because they are focusing on the broader topic of building a more general leadership capability. "In observing 150 successful leader feeder firms of various sizes over the past decade, we have found that most of them have developed a similar outside-in approach, which helps them produce an excellent pipeline of leaders generation after generation" (Ulrich, 2). This shows they while conducting their research they have found that the five principles listed in our text on pages 19-21 and the article are exactly what is needed to build strong strategic leadership skills.
My view of what constitutes a strategic leader has not really changed that much. I had somewhat of an idea that a leader needed the five principles listed but I had no such order in which they went. The article has proven why companies like PepsiCo and Disney are lead so well and have made the name that they have made for themselves. This is because they have had great leaders that have made all the right moves and have lead with strategy. Listening to Jack Welch speak in the movie we watched, made me realize why he was a great leader. The first thing that he has going for him is that he was committed to General Electric. I could tell that he was a great leader because of the way he spoke and the confidence that he had in himself and his company to get the job done. I believe that become a great leader starts with vision, confidence, and then committing to the job.