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Sun Tzu was a master philosopher, strategist, and military general who lived during the Zhou dynasty, some 2500 years ago. Originally a military text of stratagem, The Art of War has influenced military and political leaders throughout the centuries. His ideas still hold true today and are highly applicable to the modern-day battleground...corporations. Organizations have a collective psychology and oftentimes an underlying psychosis. Despite nearly 100 years of effort to make management a science, starting with Frederick Taylor in the early 1900s, organizations today are still composed of individuals and their feelings. Even though decisions that are made in everyday business are supposedly rooted in logic and rational thought, almost all decisions are ultimately judgments, and just like all of human behavior, those judgments are based on the individual's mood, feelings, and thoughts. This volume is to be consumed in small chunks, and highlights 21 of Sun Tzu's most applicable strategies. It is aimed toward helping the individual to become a master of his or her surroundings, situations, and adversaries in a corporate environment. This volume applies ancient philosophy to modern-day situations and highlights how we can influence the behavior of others by creating the environment we want, tapping into the feelings and thoughts of others, and ultimately impacting leadership judgments. Some may call it manipulation, some may call it deception. I call it the Art of Modern War.

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Dan Green is an I/O psychology and organizational strategy consultant who has spent the last 15 years helping companies achieve their goals and align to their vision. Organizations he has accelerated toward success include BearingPoint, Deloitte, Stanley Associates, Tandberg, Cisco Systems, The Washington Capitals, eGreen LLC, Underground Audio, Four-leaf Design, Open Net Inc., Oberon Associates, and many others. His subject matter expertise is in customer success, improving the lives of individual employees, corporate finance, metric systems, global operations, ease of doing business, process engineering, value stream mapping, strategic planning, and increasing process velocities. He holds an MBA from Marymount University and a BS in Business Management from George Mason, and his certifications include PMP, ITILv3 Expert, and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, with subject matter expertise in Balanced Scorecard methodology, emotional intelligence, organizational behavior, global operations, sales enablement, and overall corporate ninja tactics.

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