(Newswire.net — October 3, 2016) — Chess has long been used as a metaphor by business people who want to utilize its strategic and tactical attributes to advance their careers. In his new book, “Business on the Board: How the World’s Greatest Game can Build Better Leaders”, J.K. Egerton brings that metaphor to life.
Connecting the dots between business and chess is what has caused the recent publication to become a #1 International Best Seller. It ranked #1 in Education and Professional Development as well as #2 in Business/Money and Management/Leadership categories on the day it launched on Amazon according to Egerton.
“Great leaders, in business and life, make good decisions based on strong strategic thinking and tactical sharpness,” said Egerton. Recent headlines about a professional baseball player crashing his boat in the dark of night and of a CEO whose company opened thousands of fake financial accounts are painful examples of poor decision-making at the personal and corporate level.
The book is featured in this month’s Chess Life magazine in the “My Best Move” article.
Egerton is convinced that playing tournament-level chess helped him become a successful leader, manager, and teacher. The article reflects on two of his games which are now part of the online databases of well-played chess contests. The cover of Chess Life shows the late grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi, deep in thought on how to transform his chess pieces into a winning team.
The Chess Life article is available at the following link: http://www.businessontheboard.com/about-the-book/
About Business on the Board™
Business on the Board™ is a talent development company that uses a games-based approach to teach business strategies and tactics. Mr. Egerton uses keynote speeches, corporate university classes, conference meetings, executive retreats, hands-on workshops, breakout sessions, or exclusive private lessons to help clients practice and improve their strategic thinking. When you combine MBA-level business content and “chess for purpose”, you produce a powerful skill set that as a leader you can use on every decision.
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