The Attacker's Advantage: Turning Uncertainty into Breakthrough Opportunities

How do you leverage change to go on the offense? The Attacker's Advantage is the game plan for winning in an era of ambiguity, volatility, and complexity, when every leader and every business is being challenged in new and unexpected ways.Ram Charan, harnessing an unequalled depth and breadth of experience working with leaders and companies around the globe, provides tested, practical tools to help you:•Build the perceptual acuity to see around corners and detect, ahead of others, those forces—especially people, who are the catalysts of change—that could radically reshape a company or industry•Have the mindset to see opportunity in uncertainty•Commit to a new path forward despite the unknowns, positioning your business to make the next move ahead of competitors•Break the blockages that can hold your company back•Know when to accelerate and when to shift the short-term and long-term balance•Make your organization agile and steerable by aligning people, priorities, decision

*A Wall Street Journal bestseller*"Coping with structural uncertainty and radical shifts in business models means executives need the insight to see around corners and the courage to move beyond boundaries. Ram Charan shows what it takes to go on the attack."Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & CompanyAn invaluable resource for anyone navigating the market's ever-changing but always taxing demands.” Publishers Weekly"Charan addresses the current turbulent business environment, cutting through the veil of complexity to concentrate on new customer needs and expectations and providing the tools for corporate leaders to take their companies to a higher level.”Library Journal

"Extremely good book on strategy" according to John B. Spence. I studied strategy for a long time, I actually taught strategic thinking at the Wharton school of business for 1Extremely good book on strategy John B. Spence I studied strategy for a long time, I actually taught strategic thinking at the Wharton school of business for 14 years as a guest lecturer. I've read a ton of strategy books and this one is excellent. It has some really interesting and insightful ideas, made me look at things differently, and gave me lots of great information that's going to help me be a better strategist. If you are. years as a guest lecturer. I've read a ton of strategy books and this one is excellent. It has some really interesting and insightful ideas, made me look at things differently, and gave me lots of great information that's going to help me be a better strategist. If you are. Perceptual Acuity Dinners Huh? What’s a “perceptual acuity dinner?”Before I tell you why five CEOs have dinner together four times a year, let me mention that this book will certainly be on my Top-10 book list for 2015—and might be my book-of-the-year. Buy it!I’m privileged to serve as board chair of a credit union. This summer at our board’s annual planning retreat, we all . Walter Riker said Good Educational Read for The Business Person of Tomorrow (Today as well). I am very impressed with Ram Charan's writing and this book was no different. A great number of things to think about, some of which were approached from a different perspective. If you are working in growing your business, big or small, there are some really good thoughts here worth pursuing.