Strategic leaders create a compelling organizational future vision, mission, and values, ensure that a critical mass is aligned and that the organizational culture and systems support that mission and vision. Students will learn about classic and current strategic leadership approaches and empirical research. They will engage in strategic thinking, analyze elements of a strategy, apply what they are learning in the real world, and evaluate and write an in-depth paper about a specific complex business leadership challenge. Students will leave this course with a set of critical skills and a framework to become an effective strategic leader in today’s environment.