Think to Win: Unleashing the Power of Strategic Thinking

by Paul Butler, John F. Manfredi, Peter Klein

The proven plan for making strategic thinking part of any organization's DNA to drive sustainable growth

In today's ultra-competitive business world, the difference between success and failure lies in the ability to get every employee to think and behave like a strategist.

"Outthink to the Outsmart the Competition and Win" helps business leaders expand strategic thinking out of the purview of "the elite few" and into the company culture as whole. It offers a simple, proven approach to analyzing and solving old or new challenges and provides a common language anyone at any level in the organization can understand.

Paul Butler is the founder and Managing Director of GlobalEdg LLC.
John F. Manfredi founded the strategic consulting and communications group Manloy Associates.
Peter Klein is the founder of the growth-management consultancy PK Associates.

Genres: Business, Leadership, Management

295 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 12, 2014

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Reviews

[Lila Papadoperaki · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book could be used as a manual for the steps to take when joining a team as a leader. It includes some good tools to help you identify the areas that you first need to focus on, set the relevant goals and follow up. It could also be used as a step by step guide in identifying ways to gain advantage over competition in business.
However, I found the writing style rather annoying as the authors spent several pages across the book reiterating how amazing their method is. To be honest, I didn't find anything ground breaking in their approach. It was rather a good summary of well known techniques used in business to create strategies and execute upon them.
On the plus side, I really appreciated the summaries and exercises at the end of each chapter. I also found the real life examples of applying the different steps of the method interesting and well structured.

[Dale · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have read so many of these popular business, leadership, and management books that I am starting to think I could write one. Reference other books as part of some case studies for over 200 pages and you have a book. With that said this one does a good job of bringing the concepts together. The book is interactive which is its real utility. Each chapter ends with a summary, questions to ponder or exercises in planning.

[Abby Epplett · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had the unique distinction of being applicable on both the individual level and on a company scale. The author juxtaposed stories of well-known businesses using Think to Win strategies alongside the story of "Emma", a young business woman looking for a new position. While the book was repetitive in places and tread over ground covered in other books, this is among the best examples of business books I have read from a structural perspective.