Rich Horwath, CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute, describes his approach to helping organizations develop their managers' strategic thinking skills to create an enterprise-wide capability.

Is your team tactical or strategic? Research shows the #1 cause of business failure is bad strategy and the most important role of a leader is setting strategic direction.

At the Strategic Thinking Institute, we provide executive teams with tools to sharpen their strategic capabilities in order to set clear direction and create competitive advantage.

Our customizable workshops, strategic coaching, online courses, microlearning programs, and other resources built on the New York Times bestselling books on strategy will improve your team’s business acumen and strategy conversations.

Visit https://www.strategyskills.com to start a strategic conversation today.

What our clients are saying:

“I highly recommend Rich if you or your organization want to increase your strategic capability. Rich takes the complex topic of strategy and provides a straightforward framework and practical resources to advance strategic thinking. Rich presented at the Intel Leadership Conference and the participants were able to take his 3A Strategic Thinking framework and immediately apply it to real business challenges.”
-- Kristin Porter, People Talent, Intel

“Rich’s Deep Dive Strategic Thinking session with our global leadership team was incredibly valuable, serving as a springboard for our strategic planning process. The session provided my executive team with a methodical way of thinking about strategy and the tools to do so. There has been an immediate impact in the elevation in the way in which my team is thinking about strategy for the long-term health of our business. I give Rich my highest recommendation.”
--Taryn Owen, President, PeopleScout
“Rich, thank you for working with our senior executive team to help make us better. These executive strategy sessions have given us very valuable frameworks and tools we can use to help us focus on the right things at the right level. The sessions have also allowed the senior team to have some of the tougher conversations that weren’t happening and given us the ability to continue to have those conversations in a safer context of what is best for the company and what is and isn’t adding value to the company. I look forward to future sessions.”
--T. Ralph Woodard, Jr., EVP and Chief Financial Officer, Blue Cross of Idaho
“Rich Horwath did an exceptional job at helping our organization take a Deep Dive into how we were looking at strategy and planning. Since our Deep Dive session with Rich at our National Meeting, we have received feedback throughout the organization that it was the best session they have ever attended. The skills and tools have immediately made an impact on our organization.”
--John Berrios, Director Channel Marketing, Bayer
“I learned more useful and practical strategy tools in one day with you than in five days at the Wharton Executive Education Program on Strategy. Your Strategic Thinking program was much more of what I was looking for: one day of using practical tools to help develop a strategy. I can envision using what you taught us immediately with my team for next year’s planning.”
--Michael Tomcsanyi, National Director, Sunovion