Rich Horwath
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Rich Horwath

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Rich Horwath’s vision is to teach the world to be strategic. For more than twenty years, he has focused relentlessly on providing leaders with innovative concepts and practical tools to think, plan, and act strategically in order to set direction, create advantage, and achieve their goals. As founder and CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute, Rich serves executive leadership teams as a strategy facilitator, strategic advisor, and executive coach. He has helped more than a quarter million people around the world develop their strategic thinking and planning capabilities. Rich is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eight books on strategic thinking and has been rated the #1 keynote speaker on strategy at national conferences, including the Society for Human Resource Management Strategy Conference. He has appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX TV to provide commentary on the strategic aspects of current events and his work has appeared in publications including Fast Company, Forbes, and the Harvard Business Review. A former Chief Strategy Officer and professor of strategy, Rich has created more than 700 resources to help leaders at all levels maximize their strategic potential. He designed the Strategic Quotient (SQ) Assessment, a validated tool to measure how effectively a person thinks, plans, and acts strategically. Rich created the Strategic Fitness System as an online platform for leaders to practice the skills to effectively navigate all areas of their business, including strategy, leadership, organization, and communication. Rich's most recent books include, Strategic: The Skill to Set Direction, Create Advantage, and Achieve Executive Excellence, StrategyMan vs. The Anti-Strategy Squad: Using Strategic Thinking to Defeat Bad Strategy and Save Your Plan, and Elevate: The Three Disciplines of Advanced Strategic Thinking, which a leader at Intel proclaimed: “If you only read one book on strategy, this has to be that book!” His book, Deep Dive: The Proven Method for Building Strategy, has been described by the Director of Worldwide Operations for McDonalds as “...the most valuable book ever written on strategic thinking.” And Strategy for You: Building a Bridge to the Life You Want, helps people apply the principles of business strategy to their overall life. 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 Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. His free monthly publication entitled, Strategic Thinker, is read by thousands of business leaders and academicians. Rich resides in Barrington Hills, Illinois. For additional information, please visit StrategySkills.com
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    • Elevate

    • The Three Disciplines of Advanced Strategic Thinking
    • By: Rich Horwath
    • Narrated by: Steven Menasche
    • Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 15-06-2017
    • Language: English
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    • Strategic

    • The Skill to Set Direction, Create Advantage, and Achieve Executive Excellence
    • By: Rich Horwath
    • Narrated by: Kent Klineman
    • Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 07-11-2023
    • Language: English
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    • Deep Dive

    • The Proven Method for Building Strategy, Focusing Your Resources, and Taking Smart Action
    • By: Rich Horwath
    • Narrated by: Rich Horwath
    • Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 17-03-2022
    • Language: English
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