The STI Advanced Strategic Thinking Course provides you with a comprehensive and engaging learning journey to master what research has shown to be the #1 most valued skill in business today: strategic thinking.

Unlike dull, talking-head video online courses that provide little practical value, this course is a gamified, video-animated, story-driven experience where you’ll learn and apply strategic thinking and planning tools to your work immediately. Studies from Stanford University have found that people remember 6-7 times more information when it’s delivered in a story format. 

Here you’ll be immersed in the story of leaders from TechnoBody — a fictitious company that makes wearable technologies — as you battle the top 20 challenges managers face in the form of villains from the Anti-Strategy Squad. This unparalleled course contains 84 knowledge questions, 36 scenarios, and 20 strategic thinking exercises for you to complete in order to achieve the certification of “Advanced Strategic Thinking” designated by the Strategic Thinking Institute, the worldwide leader in strategic thinking education with more than 700 resources. 

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The course is comprised of the following 12 levels which will develop your strategic thinking and planning skills to an advanced level: 

Level 1

Strategy Defined:

Defining and creating goals, objectives, strategies, and tactics 

Level 2

Purpose:

Defining and creating mission, vision, and values

Level 3

Strategic Thinking:

Applying the 3A Strategic Thinking Framework to daily activities

Level 4

Competitive Differentiation:

Designing strategies based on your competitive position

Level 5

Innovation Tools & Techniques:

How to create new value for customers

Level 6

Communicating Strategy:

Increasing collaboration and improving meetings

Level 7

Multitasking and Decision-Making:

Enhancing individual performance

Level 8

Focus and Trade-Offs:

Tools and techniques for improving the discipline to prioritize

Level 9

Strategy Development:

Transforming SWOT Analysis into real-world strategies

Level 10

Strategy Execution:

How to align cross-functional strategies and create the big picture

Level 11

Strategy and Culture:

Improving buy-in and leading effective strategy conversations

Level 12

Tactics:

Determining the value of tactics to focus on the critical few

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Here’s What Business Leaders are Saying:

“The STI Advanced Strategic Thinking Certification Course is hands-down the most creative, informative, practical, and entertaining training I have ever taken! There were members of my team who completed nearly half of the modules in one sitting because the training was just that engaging! My team now has common language for strategic thinking and planning; we have new tools and techniques to avoid distractions and use our time and resources more productively; and we are better equipped to challenge the status quo and add new value for our stakeholders.”

Kristy Love, Executive Director, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the District of Columbia 

“Over the past several years we have had Rich deliver StrategyMan in a live setting, which always receives exemplary reviews from our leaders. This year like many we were forced into alternative solutions and the StrategyMan program is one we will keep virtual moving forward even beyond internal travel bans for training. Simply put, the content is so rich and relevant that the group discussions have more time to be processed and applied by the participants over a 3-4 month period vs. receiving 100% of the content in one day.”

Tyler Kunkel, Leadership Training, Novartis

“StrategyMan is a fun, effective platform that provides managers with valuable concepts to understand strategy in its simplest form and to develop strategic thinking skills. It is also a great refresher course for executives who understand the critical importance of strategy and want to validate that they are using the proper terms and definitions when communicating corporate goals, objectives, strategies, and tactics across their organization. Rich Horwath is a master at bringing these concepts to life.”

Jeffrey Sanfilippo, CEO, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

“People have long been fascinated by corporate strategic superheroes, such as Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Anita Roddick, and Jeff Bezos, who have produced tremendous financial returns for stakeholders and society. In StrategyMan vs. the Anti-Strategy Squad, Rich Horwath presents actionable tactics in an engaging and creative way that vividly illuminates strategic thinking and strategic management processes. With this book, he has saved strategic thinking and management from being its typically dry and uninspired character and re-imagined it for all to thoroughly enjoy, learn from, and put to good use.”

Dr. John J. Sosik, Professor of Management and Organization, Penn State University

“Rich has done the impossible — he has created an engaging, insightful, and thoroughly entertaining program on strategy that will improve strategic thinking in any organization from the C-suite to your frontline workers. StrategyMan saves the day — this is the most creative business book I’ve ever read.”

Bradley Hartmann, President & CEO, Red Angle

“Words matter — especially when you are communicating your goals and strategy. The StrategyMan approach gives strategy practitioners another tool in their tool belts to help clarify strategy within their organization.”

Rob Perri, Senior Director, R&D Strategy, PepsiCo

“StrategyMan vs. The Anti-Strategy Squad is another great resource to help our customer-facing teams strengthen their strategic mindset. Rich has been a valued partner to Novartis and has been instrumental in building the strategic thinking capabilities within all of our teams.”

Kevin Kutler, Executive Director, Head of Training and Development, Novartis

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