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Gary Gagliardi  is an internationally-known strategic trainer,  award-winning author, and political and military strategic media analyst. He is a multiple award-winning author, and the world’s leading authority on the classical strategy of Sun Tzu's The Art of War. In the last five years, ten of his books on strategy have won award-recognition in seven different non-fiction categories, including the Ben  Franklin Award for the Best Self-Help Book for the Golden Key to Strategy. His books are sold around the world and more of his books are sold in translation than their original English.

Gary is the founder of the Science of Strategy Institute, a professional non-profit, membership organiation dedicated to the study of traditional strategy. Professional strategy trainers all over the world use the Institute's lessons and exercises to teach traditional strategic methods. Because of Gary's work, hundreds of thousands of people use the secrets of “winning without conflict” every day both in their professional and personal lives. Gary first became known as the founder and CEO of an Inc. 500 software company, where his success demonstrated the practical application of Sun Tzu’s ideas in the business world.

The Science of Strategy Institute, the world's leading membership organization, grew out of Gary's desire to work with people all over the world making codifying the rules of strategy.  Gary's decades of experience teaching strategy with a wide variety of industries has given him a unique perspective on the forces shaping global competition, especially as China grows increasingly important in the world economy. Visit the Institute's Web Site.

Gary's understanding of classical strategy allows him to quickly see the relevant aspects of the breaking news that others miss. During his hundreds of media interviews, Gary has provided insightful strategic analysis of political developments, the war on terror, and the use of strategy in relationships, business, career, parenting, and so more. Unlike analysts who give the same predictable political spin, Gary seeks to highlight the critical aspects of the hot topic of the day that everyone else is missing.  

Gary has won more award recognition for more books in more categories from more award groups than any other non-fiction author in the twenty-first century. In the last few years, ten of his books on strategy have been recognized in seven different categories: business, self-help, philosophy, sports, career, youth non-fiction, and multicultural books. In 2007, the Book of the Year award committee recognized two of Gary's newest books for recognition in career and sports categories.  See book awards...

Gary  began studying classical strategy over thirty years ago. Using these principles, he built a multimillion-dollar high-tech software company into one of the Inc. 500 fastest growing companies in America. After selling his company, Gary focused his energies on strategic training and writing books explaining the principles of strategy. Read bio...

Unlike many business experts, whose knowledge is purely academic, Gary's skills were honed in real competition.  He won the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Quality Award, Trendsetter Award, and became an Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, Gary's customers--AT&T, GE, Motorola, IBM, Boeing, and others--began inviting him to speak at their conferences and to their employees.  See business awards...

Gary's work is popular all over the world especially in Asia. He was once the guest of Jardins, Hong Kong's original trading company, the "noble house." While in Hong Kong, Gary was given the honor of firing the cannon that signals noontime for the territory. Until he and his wife, Becky, were taken out to the harbor by a military escort, Gary didn't realized that the event was witnessed by thousands of tourists and locals who come in boats to witness the event.

In 2001, Gary was diagnosed with a deadly cancer and saw his fellow patients literally die because they didn't have the decision-making skills that he was teaching to the world's largest organizations. As he recovered, he decided to re-orient his training to help people use the science of strategy in their everyday lives which resulted in his award-winning self-help book, Golden Key to Strategy, so that when other's time came to make a life-and-death decision, they would be prepared. His experience also lead to the founding of the Science of Strategy Institute.  Here is an article about how he applied Sun Tzu's strategy to deciding on his treatment...