Watch this video with Brenda Forde, Program Chair of MBA, interviewing Dr. Olin Oedekoven
Here is the transcript for this video
BUS621 WEEK THREE | ASSIGNMENT[MUSIC PLAYING] We are thrilled to have Dr. Oedekoven come in with us today. He has a wealth of leadership knowledge. And we thank him for spending some time with us to share his experience and knowledge. Let me tell you just a little bit about Dr. Olen. He’s a president and CEO of Peregrine Academic Services. He served 33 years in the US Army Reserves and US Army National Guard, retiring at the rank of General. Additionally, he has taught doctoral level students for 10 plus years. Dr. Olen, let’s start by discussing some of your vast experience as it relates to leadership. Would you share– based on your experience– how a strategic vision impacts an organization from a leadership perspective? Oh, absolutely, and delighted to do so. The vision is so foundational. People need to know where they’re going. And you mentioned about strategic vision. Certainly at the organizational level, having a vision of where this organization’s going to go, what’s the purpose here? But even drilling it down just to the very supervisor, manager working with people, people have to know where you’re coming from. Where do you plan on going? What do they see for you? That’s all vision. You know, our mission statement describes what you do. The values describe how you do what you do. Vision sets purpose. And it’s through purpose that gives meaning to the work that we do. Can you give us a specific example anywhere in your career where you’ve set that vision? Where I’ve set the vision? Yeah. Of gosh. Or furthered it along or enhance it. I mean, in our organization, myself along with the team, vision is kind of crafted to make a difference in higher education and grow value-based leaders around the world. It’s something that we started doing about 15 years ago with our own companies. And as we bring employees in, as we talked with them– Just the other day, I was onboarding a new employees, and we talked about vision, and why we exist, and where do we see we’re going. Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center.
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Groysberg, B., & Slind, M. (2012, June). Leadership is a conversation (Links to an external site.). Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2012/06/leadership-is-a-conversation
Northouse, P. G. (2018). Leadership: Theory and practice (8th ed.). Retrieved from https://content.uagc.edu
• Chapter 13: Leadership Ethics
• Chapter 16: Culture and Leadership
Oedekoven, O. O., Lavrenz, J., & Robbins, D. (2018). Leadership essentials: Practical and proven approaches in leadership and supervision download. Peregrine Leadership Institute.
