Response to Kunal’s Post “Strategic Leadership Competencies”

Thank you for sharing your thoughts Kunal. As I read through your post, I needed more clarification to understand the “three least essential principles” that you pointed out for your organization. I understand your organizational culture lacks these three principles (you mentioned), and therefore, I think, they are the most essential ones for your organization to progress and improve. In fact, I would encourage you to promote these principles in your organization. After all, as Peter Block has stated, “There is a longing in each of us to invest in things that matter and to have the organization in which we work be successful” (p. 13, 2013). Also, you mentioned that your organization does not trust its employees. As Covey and Link (2012) expands, “the motive that builds trust is care and what destroys it is self-interest; trust is built on the agenda of mutual benefit and is destroyed on the agenda of “win- no matter what” (p.161).

Hence, I suggest you can learn from these “three principles” and push your ideologies for the betterment of the organization.

References

Block, P. (2013). Stewardship: Choosing service over self-interest. San Francisco, CA:Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Covey, S. M., Link, G., & Merrill, R. R. (2012). Smart trust: Creating prosperity, energy and jou in a low-trust world. London: Simon & Schuster.

Singla, K. (2018). Strategic Leadership Competencies. Retrieved from https://create.twu.ca/ldrs501/2018/11/20/strategic-leadership-competencies/