This study aims to examine the impact of managers’ systems thinking skills on the
strategic performance of an organization with moderating role of gender. Organizational strategic
performance has always been a significant measurement of overall actions of all employees
specifically managers. Banking managers are nowadays facing challenges to cope with increasing
new systems and processes of change, complexity, interaction, flexibility and uncertainty being
core areas of systems thinking skills. 218 middle-level managers of employees participated by
filling the self-administrated questionnaires from the banking sectors of Pakistan. The results were
generated by using Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) technique. The results showed that
there is significant relationship of managers’ system thinking skills on strategic performance of
organization whereas gender does not moderate relationship between these variables. The study
provides a model to top management and leaders that can help management to foster a positive
attitude towards systems thinking skills. Further, the study also highlights that managers’ systems
thinking skills is most significant and companies have to ensure that all organizational processes,
policies and systems must be efficient and effective to meet needs of the company’s strategic
performance. Implications and Avenue for future research are also suggested at the end of study.