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Think Like a General...Lead Like an Executive 'At their center, great organizations such as America's armed forces are the product of great leaders. This fantastic book reveals the keys to success within the military culture, as well as relevant and practical application tools for creating strong leaders today.' - Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness What distinguishes strategic leadership? According to top U.S. Army generals, the difference lies in the discipline of thinking . Because the problems strategic leaders face are often multi-faceted and can involve ethical dilemmas, these leaders must move beyond thinking tactically and take a longer term, broader approach to finding solutions.

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Mark R. Grandstaff, PhD, an award-winning writer and lecturer, has worked with the U.S. Army War College, U.S. Air War College, Joint Special Operations Command, and other organizations to educate their senior officers and executives in strategic leadership and thinking and to analyze and prescribe solutions for organizational problems. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and is currently a professor of History at Brigham Young University. Dr. Grandstaff is also a Senior Fellow of the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership and a Fellow of the Inter-University Seminar for the Study of the Armed Forces. Georgia Sorenson, PhD, served as Inaugural Chair and Professor of Transformation at the U.S. Army War College. She is a research professor and founder of the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. She holds a PhD in Education from the University of Maryland. An architect of the leadership studies field, Dr. Sorenson has lectured extensively on leadership in more than 30 countries and serves on the editorial board of several leadership journals.

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