“We can all become strategic leaders if we stay on the right path.”
—Harbir Singh & Michael Useem
Even a strong leader can flounder without an effective strategy, and the most powerful strategy can fail without the right leader. Only those who master and integrate both skills can effectively navigate the challenges that lay ahead for today's organizations.
The Strategic Leader's Roadmap, by Wharton management professors Harbir Singh and Michael Useem, offers a 6-point checklist for leading strategically that will help managers strengthen their capacity to develop strategy and to lead its execution.
Drawing on one-on-one interviews with CEOs, in-depth research, and their experience teaching today's executives and tomorrow's leaders, Singh and Useem take readers into the offices-and mindsets-of some of today's foremost strategic leaders, including:
- Carlos Ghosn, chief executive officer of Nissan
- Indra Nooyi, chief executive of PepsiCo
- Jack Ma, founder and chief executive of Alibaba Group
- John Chambers, executive chairman of Cisco Systems
Fast-reading and inspiring, The Strategic Leader's Roadmap will enable leaders at all levels to master today's most vital capability.
Harbir Singh, coauthor of The India Way, is Mack Professor of Management, Co-Director of the Mack Institute for Innovation Management, and Vice Dean for Global Initiatives, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His research and teaching interests include corporate governance, strategic management, alliances, innovation, and strategies for corporate acquisitions.
Michael Useem, author of The Leader’s Checklist and coauthor of Boards That Lead, is Egan Professor of Management, Faculty Director of the McNulty Leadership Program, and Director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His research and teaching interests include corporate governance, risk management, decision making, organizational leadership, and change management.