What is strategic leadership?How can it be the key to organisational success?Strategic Leadership Development addresses the key issues of how organisations build leadership capability. Focusing on the behavioural aspects of leadership, it looks at how both individuals and organisations can develop leadership talent, and how leaders can influence and shape the strategic direction of an organisation as a whole.Key features:? Combines academic rigour with real-world best practice? Identifies how leaders manage strategic objectives, strategic alignment, strategy and risk? A range of international case studies and examples help you to develop personal and practical leadership skillsThis book is the ideal companion for undergraduate and postgraduate leadership students, as well as practitioners, researchers and scholars in the field.