3 unmistakable sign that you are a strategic thinker

A key point for success is Strategic Thinking. In every company like in Preferred training Networks, they have the secret rule of recruiting the candidate who has strategic thinking and also the chance of promotion will be more the strategic thinking employee. Even some times if there are no candidates who have strategic thinking then the company recruits the candidate with more focus and then they give adequate training to practice strategic thinking in their career.

Most of them select strategic thinkers as team leader. Strategic thinking is considered as the tool for winning the competition and achieving success. If you check all the high performers in the office they all will have strategic thinking. Most of the higher officials and leaders do not know the correct meaning for strategic thinking. Even this is the case with most of the experience and qualified professionals.

They are not aware of the characteristic of strategic thinking and the actual positive outcomes of strategic thinking in professional life. Nowadays we can see most of the candidates writing words like a strategic thinker, strategy, strategic view, and strategic leader and also in most of the official meeting the team leader uses the above-mentioned words.

But to be true most of the candidates and officials who are using this word do not know the correct meaning of these words. There are lots of indirect meanings and characters hidden inside the word "strategic thinker.

We all know that soft skills are very important for professional life. In that strategic thinking is the most important skill needed for the candidates to shine in their professional life. In this article let us discuss the real sign of a strategic thinker. It will be useful for the recruiters to identify the correct candidate with strategic thinking and also on the other side this article will help the candidates to know the correct meaning for strategic thinking. The three important characteristics of strategic thinkers are listed below in this article.

1.A strategic thinker is more reflectiveIt is known that strategic thinkers always take good and positive decisions in both professional and personal life. They always think from a different point of view. For making good decisions, first, they understand the situation for which the decision should be made and then they start to analyze the situation in deep. They collect all the relevant data to the problem or the situation. Using the performance metrics they do a detailed analysis.

After analyzing the situation they take a clean, simple, informed and positive decision for the situation. Critical thinking is very important when it comes to management level decision making. This critical thinking level is very high for strategic thinkers.

Decision making is very important in professional and personal life. Before taking decision strategic thinkers will think for the long term and also its outcome. Even they have lots of question-related to the situation which will help them to collect lots of data and also some questions will give some hidden clues for taking the correct decision.

In the office surroundings, they have separate sets of questions for the colleagues, team leader, executive and a separate set of questions for which they give their personal answer. When compared with the normal person the strategic thinker is one step forward. They observe each situation very keenly and they correctly reflect that situation.

Some of the sample questions for analyzing the situation, problem or events are listed below. These questions will surely help you to make a better and positive situation for some common issues or problems.

?What are the purpose or the cause of the issue and the result??What happens when I do not take any action for this issue??What is the result that makes me happy??What is my initial thought about the problem??What is the interest that I have related to this situation??What are the positive and negative values between the issue and me??List the person who will be benefited by the result and a separate list of persons who will be affected because of this decision.?List all the consequences of the result. It can be both positive and negative.?What will be the short term benefits of this result and also the long term benefits of this solution??List all the positive and negative results of the decision.?What are the external and internal factors that influence your decision??What is the stand by decision you have when the actual decision fails?

Try to answer all the questions based on the issue or the current situation. Think or see from all the angles then you will get a new and correct decision for the problem. From the answers to the above-mentioned questions, you will find the answer or solution to the problem.

2.Strategic thinkers are the best leaders

A good leader will be a good strategic thinker. Leadership quality will include strategic thinking as one of the major factors. We have seen some leaders who fail to fulfill their commitments the main reason behind that will be the lag of strategic thinking. Leaders with strategic thinking will be the best leaders in society.

Strategic leaders will fully understand the situation in detail instead of just communication the need and the vision of the issue or project. Strategic leaders first spend their time thinking which is the main and important step for making a decision. Next, they make a good plan for the situation which will be very standard. They also plan some strategies that are to be followed during the next stage. The next final step is execution.

The planned idea will be cleanly executed without any mistakes or errors. The execution of the ideas or strategies is very important because they can cherish the outcome only when it is successfully executed. To achieve excellence in the organization the strategic leaders will explore and identify the situation to find the best result.

According to the ideas, they change the employees and the organization to become better. With the help of this, they provide best service and product. Strategic thinking will help you to improve your quality of life and career. A strategic thinking person will consider both sides of the situation and the positive and negative consequences of the decision. They also think about the impact of the team members on the outcome of this decision. A strategic leader will try to connect all the possible situations and consider the entire situation. Most of the strategic thinkers will have all the qualities needed for the best leader.

3.Strategic thinker create more people like them

Strategic thinker will try to express their thoughts to all the members of the organization. They also try to explain all the values they have which will help them to make better decisions. Identifying the best value is very important for the strategic thinker and also they try to balance all their value to make the situation better.

If you are a strategic thinker then you will not commit any negative decision in all the situations you think of all the related things to make a decision. As a strategic leader you know all the importance of strategic thinking and also like to deliver it your colleagues and the team members. Strategic think will always try to create many strategic thinkers from their team. They know the importance of having strategic members in their team to perform better in the organization.

Strategic thinker prioritizes their work and does their work very efficiently. Most of the strategic thinker believe in smart work. They always encourage society to create a good culture. In a group of different people, strategic thinkers will be first and also they will be the person who asks many questions related to the issue discussed. With the help of the question they even induce the other members in the group or team to think strategically.

They always prefer teamwork and also they encourage the same in the organization. They always believe that a group of strategic thinkers can make a difference compared with the normal group members. Even in real-life and practical time we can see the difference between the normal group of people and the group of strategic thinkers. Ask questions related to the vision, objective, consequences and the benefits of making the team think strategically.Strategic thinkers not only help the organization but they have another important advantage of improving their personal career. Their improvements will be drastic and good when compared with others. They have many unique qualities. Strategic thinkers have the ability to lead the organization with a positive result. This quality can be used in many places like developing a good relationship, developing a brand, negotiating for the salary, advancement in the career and specific agreements regarding the performance. If you apply your strategic thinking quality it is a hundred percent certain that you will become successful in your professional life.

These are the three unmistakable signs that can be seen in a strategic thinker

Niall Kennedy is the Creative Director at Preftrain. He has over 20 years of experience in Professional Development Industry.