Elevate: The Three Disciplines of Advanced Strategic Thinking

According to a study published in Chief Executive Magazine, the most valued skill in leaders today is strategic thinking. However, more than half of all companies say that strategic thinking is the skill their senior leaders most need to improve. Elevate provides leaders with a framework and toolkit for developing advanced strategic thinking capabilities. Unlike the majority of books that focus on strategy from a corporate perspective, Elevate gives the individual executive practical tools and techniques to help them become a truly strategic leader. The new framework that will enable leaders to finally integrate both strategy and innovation into a strategic approach that drives their profitable growth is the Three Disciplines of Advanced Strategic Thinking:

• Coalesce: Fusing together insights to create an innovative business model.
• Compete: Creating a system of strategy to achieve competitive advantage.
• Champion: Leading others to think and act strategically to execute strategy.

Every leader desperately wants to be strategic--their career depends on it. Elevate provides the roadmap to reach the strategic leadership summit.

About the Author

Rich Horwath is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author on strategy. As the CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute, Rich leads executive teams through the strategy process and has helped more than 50,000 managers around the world develop their strategic thinking skills. A former chief strategy officer and professor of strategy, he brings both real-world experience and practical expertise to help both companies and leaders build their strategic capabilities. Rich and his work have appeared on ABC, CBS, CNBC, CNN, NBC, and FOX. He is recognized in the textbook Strategy in the 21st Century as one of the key contributors in the history of strategic management for his thought leadership in the field of strategic thinking.

Rich is the author of six books, including, Deep Dive: The Proven Method for Building Strategy, which has been described by the Director of Worldwide Operations for McDonalds as "… the most valuable book ever written on strategic thinking." His previous book, Strategy for You: Building a Bridge to the Life You Want, helps people apply the principles of business strategy to their overall lives and was the number-one bestselling book on Amazon.

Rich's innovative work in the field of strategic thinking has created dozens of proprietary offerings, including group workshops, assessments, books, mobile apps, workbooks, software, podcasts, videos, and one-to-one strategic counsel. A highly sought-after keynote speaker, Rich has spoken to leaders at world-class companies including Google, Intel, Emerson, and FedEx. His monthly e-publication, entitled Strategic Thinker, is read by thousands of business leaders and academicians around the world. Rich earned an MBA with Distinction from the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University and has completed advanced course work in strategy at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. He resides in Barrington Hills, Illinois.