Influence of Sacco’s Leadership on Implementation of Strategic Plans in Sacco’s : A Case Sacco’s in Meru County, Kenya

Sacco's in Kenya have come up with various strategic plans to improve their performance.Some of these plans that are expected to give Sacco's a competitive advantage in the current turbulent business environment includes; customer relationship management, education and training, information technology, regulatory frame work, monitoring, evaluation and mentorship, developing a savings culture, promoting of a savings mobilization culture, change of attitude and dependence syndrome, adequate institutional support structure and capacity building in the cooperative movement. The study objective was to establish the influence of SACCO's leadership on the implementation of strategic plans in Sacco's in Meru County. The study covered all Sacco's operating in Meru County. The population was all the registered Sacco's within Meru County which has been in business for the last five years, i.e. from 2009- 2014. It was found that management respondents differ in satisfaction of the management of Sacco's. It is clear from the findings that the respondents were dissatisfied with the leadership practices in their Sacco's. This revealed that leadership is a major factor affecting the implementation of strategic plan implementation of strategic plans. The study recommended that the Sacco's leadership should incorporate its employees in decision making in order to ensure there is shared common of objectives. The Sacco's should ensure that managers are regularly taken to senior management course on strategy implementation