Leading strategically is one of the core capabilities of the Leadership Success Profile (Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission). It is described as: “Think, plan, and act strategically; to engage others in the vision, and position teams, organisations and sectors to meet customer and future needs.”

A strategic leader:

• makes sense of and can navigate complex an ambiguous situations
• incorporates curiosity and critical thinking to support decision making
• can communicate a compelling vision to create a collective purpose to implement strategy
• puts strategy into action connect and motivate their team to implement.

This toolkit is for leaders who want to sharpen their strategic leadership skills to:

• support the implementation of organisational strategy
• develop and enact a strategy or business plan
• think strategically and progress current thinking
• align work plans and activities with strategic objectives
• engage the team in the vision.