... of agency governance and managerial control mechanisms becomes more than an administrative or compliance function. It constitutes a strategic leadership capability through which organizations seek to balance autonomy, accountability and governance coherence (Christensen & Lægreid, 2025 ; Northouse...

... condition. Leadership dispensability capital Leadership capital Intellectual capital Organisational value Leader dependence Replaceability premium Dependency discount Distributed leadership Authority Governance Founder-led firms Organisational continuity Strategic leadership AI-enabled...

...Nyasha Mapolisa; Imo Enang Purpose This paper develops the concept of Fractional CEO Architecture as a strategic leadership response for resource-constrained firms that need senior executive capacity before they can justify a full-time chief executive officer. Design/methodology/approach...

... and ecologically valid. Corresponding author R. Sai Naveen rsainaveen@sssihl.edu.in © 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Leadership Morphological analysis Strategic leadership Practitioner discourse Scholar-practitioner divide...

...@stedwards.edu Conflict of interest: The author declares no conflict of interest. © 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Strategic leadership Organizational inertia Path dependence Paradigm shift Strategy and structure fit...

... Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Dynamic capabilities Sensemaking Double-loop learning Strategy-as-practice Strategic leadership Decision architecture By the time a strategy paper signed off in March reaches the boardroom...

...Martin Magmarigen Kwan Ken Wong Purpose This paper addresses a strategic leadership problem that arises when organizations face salient harm under scrutiny. Leaders are often pressed to approve visible remedial action that reassures key audiences quickly. Yet the same response can weaken the less...

...Martin Magmarigen Kwan Ken Wong Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce compassion laundering as a strategic leadership risk that arises when organizations use care-centred language to manage predictable harm while leaving trade-offs hard to interrogate, answerability unclear...

... research, signalling theory, strategic leadership, emotional labour, symbolic management, trust repair and human–AI communication, defines Synthetic Compassion as a distinct construct, develops a recipient inference mechanism, and derives propositions, a leadership playbook, governance requirements...

... of strategic leadership. Because CEOs are often the sole decision-makers in SMEs, they are responsible for providing orientation regarding the digital strategic direction. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research approach based on in-depth interviews with 21 CEOs in German SMEs was applied...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only strategy strategic planning strategic leadership strategy formulation contingency planning However, firms do need to be careful not to over-focus on “known knowns” in their business strategies, as this approach can limit a firm's ability...

...Craig Henry Craig Henry can be contacted at: craig_henry@centurylink.net © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only --> strategic leadership strategy implementation market disruption leading innovation...

... Nardelli at Home Depot and Hewlett-Packard’s Carly Fiorina for their charisma, style and image rather than their character and substance. Strategic leadership Leadership development Authentic leadership Leadership qualities Bill George As Harvard Professor, Joseph Badaracco...

... or avoid it. What if more began to actively to manage strategic risk? © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Strategic leadership Risk management Emergent strategy Uncertainty management Organizational design Resource management Strategic management It is startling to realize...

... paperwork done through Home Depot. They can get their mobile phones and shipping services through Home Depot. Most notably, they can sign up for health insurance through Home Depot … . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Network operating systems Strategic leadership Business planning...

... Strategic leadership Management strategy Succession planning © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 At 8:07 that morning (East Coast time) the company issued a press release announcing his death. When the stock market opened at 9:30 the stock traded down on heavy volume...

... Organizational culture Strategic leadership Management skills and qualities © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Pierre Loewe is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: ploewe@strategos.com Organizations can't expect to transform their corporate cultures overnight. But they need...

... them. Even when change programs are compelled by a major crisis, the final results usually fall short of the expectations raised by the exhortations of corporate leaders. Change management Organizational change Strategic leadership Transition management © Emerald Group Publishing Limited...