Conclusion

Sidney Finkelstein and Donald Hambrick say there is ample evidence that organizational outcomes are “eminently traceable to the individuals at the top of the firm.” And our participants in DSL have affirmed that effective strategic leadership is more vital to organizations than ever before. Top executives, who confront the challenge of strategic leadership daily, can enhance their effectiveness by more deliberately attending to the individual, organizational, and environmental dimensions of strategic leadership and to the complex interactions among them.