Strategic Leadership

Abstract

It is a time when complexity and complex problems exist in the informationage as its nature requires The need for effective leaders of organizations thatwant to gain a competitive advantage in the rapid change and transformationand in the solution of all these complexity and complex problems of the social,economic and technological developments is seen in this process at the worklife. The existence of effective leaders in organizations always increases thesuccess of organizations. In this context, organizations need new leaders thatwill be able to keep pace with the process and changes in our world , and beable to adapt to this changes and create the necessary flexibility for theorganizations to adapt to this changes, create a future that can be feasible forthe organization, . This leader is called the strategic leader. As a new conceptin the study, it was aimed to determine the concept boundaries by examiningthe sources in the related domestic and foreign literature on the topic ofstrategic leadership. Literature search method was used for the purpose. Theorganization as a whole with its aims and capabilities; the concept of strategicleadership, defined as linking past, present and future, by reaffirming the corevalue and identity to ensure continuity and integrity in the fight against theknown and unknown realities and possibilities, constitutes the scope of thestudy and what personal characteristics are possessed by these strategicleaders from an organizational point of view. As a result of this work, it isdetermined strategic leadership is an important concept not only in today butalso in the future