Over the past twenty years, Patrick Below has authored three books specifically aimed at CEOs and their Executive Team. His best-selling book, The Executive Guide to Strategic Planning, has recently been chosen by the China Productivity Center as "one of the ten best U.S. management books." This book is further distinguished as one of the most practical books focused on the role of CEOs in organizing and carrying out the all-important strategic planning process within a company.

The Executive Guide to Operational Planning was written as a companion volume to the strategic planning book. This book provides CEOs and their Executive Teams with a proven method for ensuring the implementation of their strategic plan.

The CEO Challenge, Patrick's most recent book, identifies the specific challenges CEOs now face in the 21st century. It provides a historical context for the how the current system of management has evolved. It then identifies a whole new paradigm of management for achieving sustainable organization results in today's highly inter-connected, global environment.

We recently wrote an article to pay tribute to Peter Drucker. In his early writings Drucker challenged CEOs to instill integrity and character throughout their organizations. It is now more important than ever for CEOs to speak out and stand up against the few who have betrayed their employees and jeopardized the public’s trust in corporate America.

As we honor Peter Drucker, we are making it clear that the ultimate “business of business” is to not only manage resources to improve results, but also to promote human well being.