Strategy often involves tough decisions. Those tend to be top down decisions driven by leaders. But as Stafford Beer points out, and in keeping with Mintzberg's observations, it is through emergent processes engaged with the business environment that strategy comes to life. This means that strategy is typically more effective as a managerial function.

Ensuring strategy is effective comes from the way it guides managerial behaviour in emergent situations. Can you recommend a process for designing and implementing strategy that leads to effective strategic management? How do leaders function in that process?