Leadership in High Performance Organizational Cultures

Book excerpt: Against a background of continuing disagreement on what leadership is, Truskie offers his own concise concept by delineating leadership's two critical tasks: establishing organizational direction and developing organizational effectiveness. Truskie focuses mainly on the latter. He shows how leaders can help their organizations become effective and experience superior, long-term performance by developing an integrated, balanced organizational culture--using a method he calls the L4 Strategy. Supported by case histories, examples, and applications he personally developed, Dr. Truskie and his clearly presented approach will be of vital interest to leaders at all levels and to others who aspire to policy-making positions throughout the private and public sectors.