I have been in the pharmaceutical industry for 15 years and felt the day with Rich was priceless! I STRONGLY recommend this workshop to anyone looking to advance their strategic thinking skills!!

—Doug Pace, Director of Operations, Novartis

Rich's Deep Dive Strategic Thinking program was perfect for our needs to provide professional development on strategy. He went above and beyond to tailor his Strategic Thinking workshop to fit our business challenges. He weaved relevant tools and examples into the content and his delivery was enthusiastic and engaging. And, his Acumen, Allocation, Action framework is definitely a credible and logical way to think strategically and solve problems. We asked for a highly relevant and interactive session - and he delivered.

—Chris Bevel, Customer Experience Marketing Advisor, FedEx

Your strategy program was inspiring and right on point. My team was able to take the strategy concepts and tools you presented and immediately apply them. I believe that all participants left this week as better "strategists" with a clear understanding of how strategic thinking is an ongoing process that will lead us to the competitive advantage we seek.

—Steve Lamb, President & COO, Mizuho

Rich exceeded our expectations in teaching the class on strategic thinking and provided real world examples that related to the business needs of our managers.

—Richard Stewart, Director of Training, Pfizer

I recently attended a strategy workshop led by Rich Horwath and came away very impressed. Rich took a topic that many people find boring or esoteric -- strategy development -- and made it interesting and tangible. It was clear that he had done his homework on our company and our industry and already had a good understanding of the challenges we face from a strategic and competitive standpoint.

—Chris Williams, Senior Marketing Specialist, FedEx

Thank you very much for leading our strategic planning meeting--it was outstanding. The tools you shared are easy to use and at the same time get to the issues 'so what?' and 'what now?'. Thanks again for an excellent two days.

—Bill McDonough, President & CEO, MMIC Group

Rich is not only an extremely competent thought leader regarding business strategy, but is also an amazing facilitator and presenter. His ability to create a space in which critical insights are both encouraged and required and his sincere desire to see that the teams with whom he engages are successful is readily apparent.

—David Hammond, President, Wonderlic

What separates Rich Horwath from other strategy resources is that he presents the subject is a very understandable, relevant and practical manner. His strategy program is an excellent resource that outlines a clear roadmap for any business to immediately apply strategy tools and concepts to their business to improve their strategic efforts.

—John Wandishin, VP of Marketing,
 Brother International

The senior executives were very pleased with your workshop on strategic thinking and it was very effective in generating new insights.

—Terri Osman, HR Director, Motorola

Rich's workshop provides the tools for strategically thinking through the business and channeling the resulting insights into an action plan to achieve an organization's goals. The senior executives rated Rich's content and effectiveness as a presenter as "excellent" across the board.

—Marti Hayes, Americas Partner Marketing, Progress Software

Your work had a dramatically positive impact on our business. In addition to the strong strategic plan we developed, you infused a new mind set into our organization that has created the strategic discipline to make important trade-offs and has unleashed a powerful energy of confidence. One year later, I can say you've truly made a difference to our business.

—Don Pogorzelski, President, Genzyme Diagnostics

Your Deep Dive Strategic Thinking workshop was very effective at introducing planning concepts I am now using to develop strategies at FedEx. Your strategic concepts are universal for most product and service applications, and by providing about 10 concepts, we were sure to walk away with at least half of the concepts that we can apply to our specific work. By first introducing the concept, then providing us examples with different types of media and third allowing us time to apply the concept to our work, this three-touch process insured we understood the concept and how we can apply it to our work. Your ability to gain participant participation was effective with open probes that centered on examples from our work, again applying the concept to our work. In addition you had done your homework on FedEx and timely communicated that knowledge to us during your presenting which dramatically increased your credibility and competence with the group insuring we listened to your presentation.

After evaluating and writing skill development training, and facilitating programs for four years to sales teams, I found your Deep Dive Strategic Thinking course to be skillfully facilitated and concepts to be vital planning tools for most applications.

—Ann Smith-Gill, Marketing Special Advisor, FedEx

Rich provided an outstanding presentation on strategic thinking and planning for the Young President's Organization. The presentation was very interactive with our members and we received tremendous feedback from our members.

—Rob Wilson, YPO Windy City Chapter Education Chair

Your keynote speech was by far the most memorable, most educational, and most dynamic of all. You took the complex topic of strategy and condensed it into an easy-to-understand and entertaining event – a task not achievable by many. You are a gifted and dynamic teacher and I am thankful to have had the opportunity to sit under your instruction.

—Tami Spear, Director of Human Resources,

Rich brings an astute knowledge of strategic thinking to the C-level attendees in the audience, and provides a clear action plan for how they can incorporate these principles into their daily activities to create a competitive advantage. From his content to his delivery, Rich's presentations are impeccable. I have never been more impressed with a keynote speaker.

—LynAnn Henderson, Marketing Director, Employee Benefits Management Services

Your keynote speech on Strategic Thinking for Competitive Advantage was entertaining, thought provoking and yet practical for a large audience of senior executives. It was exactly what we hoped for and was a big hit with the audience.

—Bob Palumbo, Vice President, Partner Development, Progress Software

Rich's presentations and workbooks are thoughtfully constructed, understandable and useful in leading a group through a comprehensive and objective analysis of their business that ultimately results in action plans focused on differentiating themselves from the competition. His grasp of the topic of strategy along with a comfortable and upbeat presentation style is effective in facilitating strategic thinking and strategy skills development.

—Jerry Casey, Senior Vice President, Genzyme Diagnostics

Thank you for facilitating an outstanding strategic thinking session with our top CEO customers within our industry. The CEO's believe that the program provided them with tools that will allow them to be more effective strategists.

—Dean Gregory, Senior Vice President, Strategy, Fenwal

These strategic thinking workshops have had instant impact on the organization. We are now using your strategy frameworks throughout the organization.

—Jim Immormino, Head of Commercial Innovation Strategy, Novartis

Rich Horwath helped us take all that is typically generalized by "strategy" and turn it into practical solutions for our management, and eventually, our entire company. We now have a repeatable process to capture key business insights, ensure strategic alignment, develop the company's leaders of tomorrow, and most importantly, profitably grow our business. Rich did an outstanding job working with our strategic team.

—Tim O'Connor, Controller, Bangor Hydro Electric

Rich's strong knowledge in the area of strategic thinking and how it applies to business has been invaluable. He has proved the organization with the blueprint for developing and executing a successful business strategy. I've worked with Rich on three separate occasions and wouldn't hesitate to use him again.

—Richard Locke, Vice President, Supply Chain, Alcan Packaging

Rich presented a program on strategic thinking at Association Forum's Annual Meeting for CEO's and senior level association executives. His program was very well received and numerous attendees expressed interest in hiring him to do work for their organizations. I highly recommend Rich as a presenter and educator!

—Christie Tarantino, President & CEO, Association Forum of Chicagoland

Securing Rich Horwath for our keynote presentation was the best decision I've made in a long time. He was superb to work with in preparing for the event and then gave such dynamic presentations that people were leaving wanting more.

—Cheryl Ronk, President, Michigan Society of Association Executives

Rich brought high energy and excellent methodology to the strategic planning process. His deep understanding of strategic thinking, combined with his strong facilitation skills, lead to lively discussion and allowed us to reach consensus on clear direction and prioritization for our coming year.

—John Blackburn, CEO, COUNTRY Financial

Rich was able to teach a number of great strategic tools to my senior staff in a one day session. These tools are beginning to change the way we think as leaders and move us from tactical to strategic thinkers.

—Dave Taylor, Director, Canada Engineering Center, Emerson

Rich was the most effective speaker at the SHRM Annual Conference this year. I loved his session on Strategy, and it was hugely relevant and effective for leaders. He is smart, focused, warm, connecting and stimulating. The room was electric during his talk. If you had been responsible for the success of this conference, and if every scheduled speaker had fallen overboard the day before it started, and if you had only one rope, you would have saved him first.

—Dennis Buster, President & CEO, MyDirectLine.org