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“A good strategy is a set of actions that is credible, coherent, and focused on overcoming the biggest hurdles in achieving a particular objective.”.

According to psychologist Daniel Kahneman deliberative thinking by contrast and tails and the shading implying intentional logic often require discipline and complex calculation and it is built from both personal and abstract knowledge of past decisions and their consequences.  This is a positive trait that a strategic leader has. On the other hand, Intuitive thinking leads to more reactive and technical behavior deals at thinking is more proactive and strategic conduct.  This is not a good mind for a strategic thinker. (Singh, H., & Useem, M. 2016). 

According to Zhuo(2019) there many ineffective strategic leadership strategies, setting and quoting metric goals, coming up with new ideas when core root problems are not understood, working harder to achieve goals when there is little alignment organization, and  writing long documents that are too wordy. Strategic leadership skills that are successful are implementing simple strategies, as these are easier to communicate and that make it easier for your team to get on the same page as you. (Zhuo, 2019).  “peripheral vision” on all sides of the organization and anticipating future market changes from signals in the environment, and tech. Having a strong and diverse team of people to support you.

Effective leaders are clear on what matters, communicate what matters, and model the desired values and behaviors. Ineffective leaders are either not clear on what matters or simply not able to able-willing to rule some stuff out. Ineffective leaders suck at communicating what matters.

Effective strategic leaders understand the value of using data during the process of decision-making and while developing both organizational and departmental strategies. Strategic leaders use data to support their decisions while maintaining a company culture that values transparency and data-driven objectives. (Budisusetio, D. H., Sule, E. T., Febrian, E., & Yunizar. 2019)