Best books for learning tactical business management, strategy, and growth? Looking for more meaty than "Playing to Win" - willing to read good textbooks. Have read plenty of leadership dev books.

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Strategy: A History, by Lawrence Freedman; is meaty, lengthy and worth taking notes from.

The Mind of the Strategist--old but solid

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