© 2019. Nyasende Rona Kerubo & Willy Muturi. This is a research/review paper, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), permitting all non - commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Influence of Strategic Leadership Practices on Organizational Performance; A Case Study of Tea Factories in Kisii County By Nyasende Rona Kerubo & Willy Muturi Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Abstract- Strategic leadership management is very important in enhancing organizational performance. The ability of managers to influence employees make them decision that would enhance performance in the organization’s longterm viability. Managing short-term viability is through strategic leadership practices. However, the manager’s attempts to use strategic leadership practices are not clearly specified because still the organizational performance is poor. The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of strategic leadership management on organizational performance. The study was guided by these specific objectives; to assess the influence of strategic direction, staff training, and to establish the influence of ethical practices on organizational performance in tea factories. The study was carried out in all the tea factories found in Kisii county. The Itumbe factory, Ogembo, kiamokama, Rianyamwamu factory and Eberege factory. The adopted descriptive research design. The population target was 795 employees working in tea factories in the county. Keywords: strategic leadership, staff training, performance tea factories, kisii county. GJMBR-A Classification: JEL Code: M00 InfluenceofStrategicLeadershipPracticesonOrganizationalPerformanceACaseStudyofTeaFactoriesinKisiCounty Global Journal of Management and Business Research: A Administration and Management Volume 19 Issue 6 Version 1.0 Year 2019 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-4588 & Print ISSN: 0975-5853 Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: