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For something so essential, "strategy" is often misunderstood, misinterpreted, and misapplied, and given the complex challenges facing contemporary organizations–and entire societies–we must grow more and better strategists.

Tackling three simple yet sweeping questions, Cultivating the Strategic Mind answers: (1) What is strategy, and why aren't more leaders better strategists? (2) While strategy is foundational in exemplary organizations, why are so many others missing it altogether? (3) How can I apply strategy in palpable, pragmatic ways to the benefit of those around me?

A breezy writing style, intuitive models, research-based solutions, and sticky storytelling make Cultivating the Strategic Mind an easy, stimulating, fun, and immensely credible approach toward developing strategists for our evolving world of work.

Increasingly regarded as a classic in its domain, Cultivating the Strategic Mind is the must-have handbook for every professional strategist and leader journeying to become visionary, creator, and architect of strategy.

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Motivational

Employabilité, métiers et formations

Economics

Business

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Publié par	eBookIt.com
Date de parution	13 février 2018
Nombre de lectures	2
EAN13	9781456630997
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	4 Mo

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STRATEGIC

cultivating the

MIND

growing from leader to visionary , creator , and architect of strategy

blake leath, phd

SECOND EDITION

Praise for Cultivating the Strategic Mind
“Reading this new edition of Cultivating the Strategic Mind resurfaces so many wonderful memories of Blake’s earning trust and respect from corporate leaders, managers, and employees by bringing them effective solutions to irksome problems. His creative ideas, fresh approaches, and bountiful lessons spring from a deep source of practical experiences. As one of his former colleagues, I know that Blake’s framework has been battle- tested — because I witnessed it firsthand from within the same foxhole for a decade. Positive results and personal integrity are his hallmark.”
Lou Romero (retired) Internal Facilitator & Change Consultant and one of only three USDA Forest Service Organizational Leadership Award recipients since 1905
“For many Human Resources professionals, hearing the word ‘strategic’ (yet again) provokes a negative reflexive response. We hear it all day every day, in countless talent reviews, and most often associated with descriptions of high-potential employees skyrocketing to the top. And we know all too well that to earn a seat at the table, Human Resources must be a ‘strategic’ internal partner. But how many of us truly understand what it means — in the very fibers of our being — or can objectively evaluate it, much less develop it purposefully, methodically, systematically, at scale, and across cultures around the globe? Very few, I would submit. By weaving the complex with the simple, the extraordinary with the prosaic, the theoretical with the practical, and the expansive with the granular, Blake illuminates what is often there yet rarely seen and, from where I sit, that is nothing less than magical.”
Greg Holden Director, Human Resources, Raytheon
“Blake is a masterful teacher and behaviorist, and Cultivating the Strategic Mind is a wonderful playbook that wins every time. The U.S. national defense acquisition process is among the most complicated bureaucracies in the world, and Blake’s methodology helped our teams become greater than the sum of their parts. His work improved our culture, delivered results, and led to greater employee fulfillment, and his writing is proof positive that strategy can be both engaging and fun.”
Colonel Darren L. Cochran (retired) U.S. Air Force

“Dr. Leath has captured with courage and brilliance the essence of LEADERSHIP. This book is table stakes for everyone in a position of influence.”
Joe Brouillette Chairman, Delta Energy & Communications
“ Cultivating the Strategic Mind is essential for any serious leader’s toolkit. Dr. Leath crystallizes his key messages through a compelling, engaging, and relatable author’s pen and storyboard. His authentic, unique perspective is a gift and treasure as the pages unfold. Importantly, Blake’s lessons and insights have become an integral part of my repertoire for leadership...and life.”
Susan Engebrecht Thoma Performance Consultant & Executive Coach
“ Cultivating the Strategic Mind is a brilliant melding of theoretical concepts and practical applications. Dr. Leath is dynamite; he is a wealth of information. His passion for the topic makes it easy for me to engage.”
Jim Maggio Technical Team Lead, Exadel
“Business today is about gathering data, discerning patterns, and applying those patterns to the larger questions of strategy. We call it reasoned intelligence and it seldom works. Blake, however, reaches beyond the pattern. He puts the algorithm in context, drawing on his rich experience and witty, insightful mind. The result is a masterpiece of, ‘Hmm, that makes a lot of sense!’”
Gary Moreau Author of Understanding Business: The Logic of Balance (a Kirkus Reviews “Best Indie Book of 2017” selection)
“Blake Leath is terrifically successful at delivering insightful messages through compelling stories, vivid analogies, and pithy historical perspectives. His engaging personal spirit carries through in his writing, which grips the reader from the outset. Wherever and whatever you are in your life, Cultivating the Strategic Mind provides tremendously useful life lessons.”
Timothy T. Paige Vice President, Human Resources, Bryant University

“Everything Blake produces has tremendous utility in the real world, and Cultivating the Strategic Mind exemplifies the fact. His knowledge and wisdom have proven instrumental in my career for 20 years.”
Samuel Street Human Resources Business Partner, Newmont Mining Corporation
“Understanding and effectively acting on strategic issues in today’s turbulent world is increasingly difficult. Through stories and metaphors that make critical concepts easy, entertaining, and insightful, Cultivating the Strategic Mind has reshaped my thinking and, for that, I say, ‘Thank you.’”
Dr. Knute Sorenson Adjunct Professor, Wayland Baptist University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
“Countless organizations cannot go where they want or need to because their executives’ and leaders’ thinking is too shallow. Strategic thinking is hard work; it requires a level of mindfulness to do the type of thinking that today’s complex businesses and organizations require. In the midst of our hyper-speed culture, Dr. Leath unveils a simple, clear, pragmatic approach for developing the Strategic Mind that will change how you think about and run your business or organization — forever.”
Jim Horan President, The One Page Business Plan Company
“ Cultivating the Strategic Mind was a dazzling head trip. I had a blast! Leath breezes along and lifts you higher until you forget we’re talking about strategy here. I lost myself in his stories, arriving 30 pages further and filled to the gills with tools I can use tomorrow.”
Robin Blakeley Marketing & Business Development, HKS Sports & Entertainment
“Blake Leath proves once again that he is among the brightest people around. He is unafraid to take strong stands, oftentimes shaking you by your shirt collar. The Ideas and Tools chapter is especially useful, chock-full of resources you can share with family and friends, and altogether invaluable to your own strategic development. Blake’s unbelievably broad source materials leave you amazed at how much things change, and uniquely encouraged by how much they stay the same. In a word, timeless.”
Allen L. West Chief Analytics Officer, Lockton Dunning Benefits Company

“Here’s the apparent recipe for writing the definitive, contemporary book on strategy: Take one part Mark Twain, two parts Will Rogers, a dash of Greek philosophy, a teaspoon of surprising perspectives about perennial truths, a tablespoon of three unique contributions to scholarly thought, and a generous helping of tools. Add wit, fold in some mind-bending and unexpected observations regarding leadership and culture, bake for one week, and voilà, Cultivating the Strategic Mind! You hold in your hands meal enough to feed an army of strategists.”
Phil G. Davis II Senior Vice President, PSCU Financial Services
“ Cultivating the Strategic Mind is a must-read for any leader who expects to develop a thinking and strategy-based culture that can execute and achieve sustainable results.”
Tony Jeary Founder, High Performance Resources
“Dr. Leath has taken an arcane subject and made it entirely concrete, ushering us into a new era of strategy. Were it not for the apparent choice to make strategy feel so palpable, I fear he might have otherwise written an academically oriented book that would have been read by about three people. I consider it a gift that he wrote a book anyone can sink his teeth into and benefit from immediately. Cultivating the Strategic Mind is fun and successfully decodes what many leaders struggle to implement on a daily basis. I strongly recommend Cultivating the Strategic Mind to anyone needing to think and execute at a higher level. Leath has so swiftly and gracefully demystified strategy that this could very well have been Strategy for Dummies .”
Jeffery D. Price, CFM Sales Manager & Wealth Management Advisor Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Bank of America Corporation
“ Cultivating the Strategic Mind pulls the rabbit from the hat by seamlessly integrating theory and practice, which is inspiring, because it demonstrates time and again that nothing is as practical as a good theory. This is the rare leadership tome that transcends hype, ultimately proving practical and altogether pleasurable from start to finish. Though unusual to laugh or cry while reading about strategy, Blake’s personal stories may just get you to do both, and what a wonderful guide his creation will be for your career.”
Eric van Arendonk Senior Adviseur, Florpartners BV

“As leadership development professionals, Cultivating the Strategic Mind has been required reading for hundreds of our clients. The insights that Blake captures and the tools he shares are invaluable for moving individuals and organizations from operational to strategic thinking and implementation. And, it’s a fun read! Blake’s wisdom, sense of humor, and charismatic energy dance and bound from page to page.”
Raquel Romero, Principal Consultant and Dr. Michael Wood, President High Ridge Leadership, LLC
“In short, Cultivating the Strategic Mind is awesome. What a great tool. I can’t believe how much of it has stuck with me. I’m using Cultivating the Strategic Mind with our staff, and the Omniscience Octagon has proven to be an invaluable resource for our strategic thinking and planning. Dr. Leath’s models