Optimism And Effective Leadership: The Process Of Strategic Management

Facts Throughout history, we recognize successful leaders tend to accentuate optimism and motivational techniques to achieve objectives. Typically, they exude confidence, effective communication, and possess a positive attitude even if it appears the odds are not in their favor. Simply put, successful leaders manifest confidence and thus, are able to set and maintain a standard of excellence. As was mentioned in the text, “…Social science has now proved that a confident organization is far more likely to succeed than a doubtful one-even if its leader actually has doubts. Optimism, or positive thinking, works-even when the leader has to fake it” (Shafritz & Borick, 2011, p.185). Indeed, then, the process of strategic management is continuous as the organization’s goals and objectives advance. As Shafritz and Borick maintain, “Strategic management can be formally defined as the conscious …show more content…
This might require looking beyond the formulation of strategy and greater concern with its implementation…” (Coulson, 2013). In fact, the implementation or the tactical level is the process that aids in the manifestation of strategies. Therefore, if leadership desires more innovation, in addition to the levels of leadership, they must also endeavor to be more optimistic as optimism and strategic leadership often correlate with one another. Having managed my own for profit corporation, I had to constantly strive to implement the levels of leadership as well as optimism among my managerial staff, through personal conveyance. Therefore, I know firsthand the importance of strategic management as it related to client relations, sales, and, operations whereby creating an environment for growth and