Strategy in business is the big picture.Leadership is creating and communicating a vision. A great vision, well articulated, acts like a magnetic field from the future that orients all the elements in the same direction and pulls them in that direction.Managing is putting that vision into practice and making it a reality. Planning is the link between the two. Proper planning must remain flexible and adapt to new information. The ability to develop effective strategies that account for change needs to be baked into our planning process.We live in a Rapidly Changing Environment where we set goals, create a plan, implement the plan, and course correct when faced with obstacles and inertia.The strategies we develop must be adaptive and responsive to change.It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.CHARLES DARWINManagers face a turbulent, confusing, and threatening environment. The only constant is change. Decisiveness can be a strategic advantage but decisions are made with imperfect and partial information. Decisions need to be made in the face governmental policy and regulatory changes, dynamic economic and market forces, demographic trends and lifestyle changes, and technological advances.Dealing with rapid, complex, and often discontinuous change in an opportunistic way requires decisive action based on incomplete information.We need to actively manage the momentum of the organization to keep it moving forward and in the right direction. These concerns form the basis of Strategic Management. It is a practice that resides at the intersection of leadership and management.The best way to predict the future is to participate in its creation. You know where things are headed, because you are making it happen.By engaging in activities that make an impact on progress we are in a better position to dictate the direction of change. It is not enough to simply be responsive to changes. You must participate in creating the future.Leaders must see into the future, create new visions for success, and be prepared to make significant improvements to products, services and their delivery. Anticipate disruptions, convergences, and emerging trends and exploit them.It is about picking goals for the enterprise and then figuring out what resources are going to be assembled to achieve those goals. Learn strategic thinking, planning, implementation, management and leadership ASAP with this short comprehensive volume.