https://www.123articleonline.com/rss/author/323230/gowri-s-ramaniArticles written by Gowri S Ramani from 123ArticleOnline.comen-usCopyright (c) 123ArticleOnline.com All rights reserved. https://www.123articleonline.com/articles/1266127/leader-as-a-coach There are several leadership styles, Leader As A Coach is one of the more popular ones in recent times. As organizations are becoming more global, diverse, distributed, and matrixed, with remote working being the norm, old principles of leading by authority or hierarchy are becoming less effective and acceptable. Organizations are looking for leaders who can lead by example and create more leaders at each level to help to stay agile and dynamic! https://www.123articleonline.com/articles/1265052/strategic-thinking-elements Several of my clients, already mid-senior leaders in organizations, bring up the topic of how to improve their strategic thinking capabilities as an area for development in coaching sessions. So, they are not unfamiliar with strategy, strategic planning, or strategy execution! What makes strategic thinking different from strategic planning and why is it still a common area for development in leaders? This article is based on Strategic Thinking: Can it be taught? by Jeane M Liedtka - a shorter, simpler summary. Reference to the original paper is provided at the end. Henry Mintzberg, one of the most famous experts in the field of strategic management differentiates strategic planning and strategic thinking as below: - Strategic planning is the systematic programming of pre-identified strategies from which an action plan is developed - Strategic thinking, on the other hand, is a synthesizing process utilizing intuition and creativity whose outcome is 'an integrated perspective of the enterprise.' https://www.123articleonline.com/articles/1267135/technical-to-business-leadership Transitioning from technical to business leadership? What are the top skills to build on? As a lot of my clients are from the technology industry, one of the common situations I come across is when a technically strong person is at the inflection point to move into a broader business leadership role - by choice or by lack of a choice to grow within the company without making that move! Many large technology companies now offer clear technical and business leadership paths to grow - on the technical side go from an engineer to a designer to architect to fellow/scientist, etc. And the managerial or business leadership path commonly goes as project manager, program manager, client engagement manager, practice head, business unit head. And a person can choose to pick up one of these or a product management path to becoming a product owner.