Looking at the history of how humans initially banded together as East African plan ages ago, it

can be noticed that the humans worked in herds, not as individuals. Leadership is an issue that is

central to the ability to strive forward in a world that is increasing complexity and accelerating

change.

In current time, look around, teams win and lose, company succeed and fail, even so that nations

rise and fall. Once a great super-power Russia fell and broke into several countries, the leadership

and the group mentality can make or break the deal. Humans, like sheep, work in herds. If they

understand their power in team and utilize with the guideline of a Leader, they can bring the desired

change.

In a technologically advance and complex world, it is important to remember three processes for

effective leadership.

First and most important, Strategize! As much as I would like to emphasize on this, this is the most

crucial point. Strategy gives direction, and develops a design for the leader. It identifies key

elements in the organization, and how they relate to each other. A good leadership strategy

considers the quality of leader, quantity of leader, along with skills and behavior of leader, and the

culture of the organization in perspective (Pasmore, 2014).

It also helps to forecast the future, and the likely outcomes. Strategy also helps to form the process

for the leader in the given means and resources. Strategy formulates a sense of direction for the

entire team, not just the leader. If it is aligned with the goal, it gives motivation and direction to
the team to follow through. It is the ability to anticipate, foresee challenges, keep flexibility, and

empower others to create strategic change as necessary. (Covin Slevin, 2017).

While strategy is highly important, execution plays a huge role as well. Strategy helps to develop

the design, execution implements the plan. It executes the plan with the help of KPI, metrics, plans,

and budgets. A leader understands the value of strategy, but also understands that the success

should be measurable for him to improve over time. A successful leader develops the plan, but

also measures his success and fail in relevance to the targets that were set in the start. Many leaders

fail when they are unable to execute their strategy, and if often happens because their strategy is

not aligned with the goals of their company.

Many employees are energetic and full of enthusiasm about execution. They often take charge,

and dive into action. What they miss is to get organized, and plan their strategy according to their

goals. This miss the first step, which messes up the execution of the plan. Making a clear strategy

will give a direction to the staff, and also increase collective responsibility and aid in execution.

Not only the leader focuses on design and execution, but also on risk management. This one is

often sidelined, but plays a very crucial role. Risk management helps to ensure survival of the

leadership. It identifies and assess risks, and aims to mitigates the foreseeable challenges.

Leadership is not only to measure the successes and failures effectively, but also to work towards

mitigating risk. This is the responsibility of the leader (Carol Stephenson, 2010) Mitigating risk

before they occur helps to avoid or reduce consequences of the challenges.

All three of the points play a major role in their own respective areas, but a good leader understands

the importance of all three and use them to the benefit of the group. As a leader, it is crucial to

strategize, implement and mitigate risk. A good leader evaluates and understands the situation,

while also keeping in mind his team and their views, and uses the best way to resolve the issues.

Good leadership can move groups, and make them work in a cohesive manner. Very often we see

great leaders fail, because they were unable to make the group move with them. A good leader

knows how to use leadership instead of dominance.

Bibliography

Bibliography

Carol Stephenson, O. (2010). The Role of Leadership in Managing Risk. Ivey Business Journal.

Covin, J. G., & Slevin, D. P. (2017). The Entrepreneurial Imperatives of Strategic Leadership.

Pasmore, W. (2014). Developing a Leadership Strategy. Centre for Creative Leadership.