Public Service Strategic Leadership

The strategic leadership literature in both the academic and Public Service contexts is replete with long lists of the knowledge skills and abilities needed by strategic leaders of the future. Hence strategic Leadership has been defined as the ability to anticipate envision maintain flexibility think innovatively and work with others to initiate changes to create a viable future. In order for Public Service Strategic Leaders to be Successful at fulfilling these responsibilities require the capacity to identify the signs of change generating new perspectives and responses and making strategic choices as well as to communicate essential actions to team members. Therefore the toughest challenge for the public service strategic leaders in order to turnaround the public service and renew it as a quality service institution will be to demonstrate their strategic leadership competence and as such show confidence innovation inspiration and step beyond the limits of contentment.