Leadership s Enduring Success By Richard L. Hughes And...

In the opening of this paper the below description of the need for strategic leadership and the difficulty in defining it can both be seen. In Becoming a Strategic Leader: Your Role in Your Organization s Enduring Success by Richard L. Hughes and Katherine Colarelli Beatty define this difficulty beautifully in their opening. The book opens with a description of the difficulty of learning to surf. As you stand looking at the beautiful ocean, you move to begin paddling out through the waves only to fail each time at getting up and successfully riding a wave all the way to shore. It speaks of trying and practicing at home, only to be thrown when the moment counts. The imagery of attempting to learn to surf and failing due to a lack of†¦show more content†¦The topic of this paper will not be to define strategic leadership, and but perhaps more importantly identify the top five characteristics of strategic leaders in leadership roles in general, not just military or business se ttings. This paper will address the difficulty in defining strategic leadership by narrowing down a specific set of qualities or characteristics required to lead in that position. Since there is no definitive definition for strategic leadership and the focus will turn to what qualities belong to a strategic leader and thereby find the very elusive definition so many who are called upon to lead strategically desire. The primary research question for this paper will be, If one were to develop the essential list of characteristics for a strategic leader and cull that list down to the top five characteristics needed for success in the position of any civilian primary leader, what would the list of qualifications contain? This question will be answered by looking at strategic leadership in civilian leadership setting, while utilizing principles and insight from the military world of leadership, this will surely be a varied and complex list. The list, however, will be narrowed down utili zing the same arena of sources and opinions with success stories associated with each characteristic. It will take a good amount of research and a variety of both civilian and military sources in order toShow MoreRelatedLibrary Management204752 Words   |  820 PagesCongress Subject Headings: Principles and Application, Fourth Edition Lois Mai Chan Developing Library and Information Center Collections, Fifth Edition G. Edward Evans and Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro Metadata and Its Impact on Libraries Sheila S. Intner, Susan S. Lazinger, and Jean Weihs Organizing Audiovisual and Electronic Resources for Access: A Cataloging Guide, Second Edition Ingrid Hsieh-Yee Introduction to Cataloging and Classification, Tenth Edition Arlene G. Taylor LIbRaRy and InfoRMaTIon