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    Strategic Leadership: Leading Change in a New Age
    Strategic Leadership: Leading Change in a New Age
    Strategic Leadership: Leading Change in a New Age
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    Strategic Leadership: Leading Change in a New Age

    By Joseph King Jr.

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    Strategic Leadership is a strategy research project that addresses the strategic art of leadership, borrowing the US militarys ends, ways, and means concept framework. The application of theory to a case study helps one understand how and why the concepts are important in real-time. The study sets out the Baldrige performance excellence criteria to use as a means of assessing an organizations performance to improve national competiveness and innovation. The application and integration of both concepts of strategic art and performance effectiveness addresses a broad strategy that leads organizational change in a new economic age.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateAug 4, 2011
    ISBN9781426975363
    Strategic Leadership: Leading Change in a New Age
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    Joseph King Jr.

    Joseph King JR is a retired Federal Executive, Civil Rights Advocate, Author, and Professor. He is a graduate of the US Army War College; The Ohio State University, Xavier University, University of Cincinnati and the Harvard Kennedy School, Center for Public Policy. He has served as Chief Human Capital Officer, US Army ARDEC, a 2007 Baldrige Award recipient. Dr King currently is a member of the Baldrige Board of Examiners and judges, NIST, US Department of Commerce, as well as a member of several national boards. He is the Principal of The King Group Consulting LLC, headquartered in the Greater New York Area.

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      Strategic Leadership - Joseph King Jr.

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      I want to recognize the inspiration support and leadership provided to me by the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and Jessie King, my parents and family members that supported me in this endeavor.

      ABSTRACT

      Joseph King, Jr., Ed.D.

      Strategic Leadership: Leading Change in a New Age

      A Strategy Research Project

      This research paper documents strategic leadership requirements and initiatives for transformation of the U.S. Army for the 21st Century. The key leadership areas are strategic planning, customers, information, human resources, process improvement, business results and innovation and change. Force XXI and Army After Next (AAN) initiatives lead change now to actualize the vision of the 21st Century. The thesis in this paper is: strategic leadership is imperative in leading change and transforming the Army for the 21st Century (new age). After World War II the U.S. government provided technology transfer to the private or commercial sector. In today’s environment the reverse is true, the commercial sector is primarily providing technology transfer to the government and the Department of Defense. Although war fighting is the province of the military, much can be learned from the commercial sector to improve process, adopt best practices and achieve the visions of Force XXI, AAN and Joint Vision 2010. Strategic leadership is paramount in leading change.

      Contents

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      ABSTRACT

      STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP: LEADING CHANGE IN A NEW AGE

      INTRODUCTION

      LEADERSHIP – STRATEGIC ART

      DECISION MAKING

      STRATEGIC PLANNING

      CUSTOMER AND MARKET FOCUS

      INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS

      HUMAN RESOURCES

      PROCESS MANAGEMENT

      BUSINESS RESULTS

      LEADING INNOVATION AND CHANGE

      SERVANT LEADERSHIP

      CONCLUSION

      ENDNOTES

      BIBLIOGRAPHY

      STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP:

      LEADING CHANGE IN A NEW AGE

      It is necessary to develop a strategy that utilizes all the physical conditions and elements that are directly at hand. The best strategy relies upon an unlimited set of responses….

      —Morihei Ueshiba

      INTRODUCTION

      Strategic leadership is a concept which will direct change into the 21st Century and beyond. Key in building organizations with a focus on the future is the vision of a positive end state. This visioning process enables the leader to develop goals, objectives and plans to reach the desired goal or end state. Joint Vision 2010 also foresees the implementation of land power as a key element in fully implementing the Goldwater/Nichols Act. Again, research documents the key areas necessary for organization systemic change that optimizes strategy, missions, capabilities, resources and people. In transforming the Army into an organization that can meet the goals of Force XXI and the Army After Next (AAN), the leader must counter a zero defects mentality and utilize competencies and tasks which respond to the current environment which is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA). To lead change in a VUCA environment the Army must begin to realize the end state developed which, by the way, is constantly evolving and ever changing. In fact, the only constant in the environment is change. If change occurs no matter what we do, then the leader must direct the change toward the envisioned end state. Three key principles in leading change in the 21st Century are empowerment, environment, and the golden

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