Professor of Strategic Management Dr. Corrie Block Block, PhD, DBA

With over 25 years of experience working across 150+ organizations in 30+ countries, Corrie has spent his career at the intersection of strategy, psychology, and human potential. He is a Tier-1 Executive Coach trusted by senior leaders navigating complexity, change, and high-stakes decisions. A best-selling author and Professor of Strategic Management, Corrie blends academic rigor with real-world relevance. His work is grounded in deep scholarship including Master’s degrees in Business and Leadership, a UK PhD, a Swiss DBA, and advanced certification in Artificial Intelligence from MIT - yet delivered in a way that is deeply human and immediately practical. Dr. Corrie is a Certified Executive Coach, Wellness Coach, NLP Level-2 Business Practitioner, Advanced Financial Statement Analyst, and Board-Certified Master Neuroplastician. But what truly sets him apart is not the breadth of his credentials - it’s his ability to translate complexity into clarity. As a natural storyteller and impact-driven instructor, Corrie doesn’t overwhelm leaders with frameworks. He equips them with insight, confidence, and direction helping them lead with purpose, think strategically, and create meaningful, lasting impact in the world.

The Spartan CEO Series Pillar 1: Fitness

This course is intended for existing or aspiring managers, and leaders looking to get an edge in business and stand out from their peers. In this Pillar we will look at the relationship between physical and mental fitness and personal and organizational performance. You'll learn how you'll get paid more if you invest time in your physical, mental, and organizational fitness.

  • Make more money using scientific and real-world drivers of high capacity executive performance.

  • Learn how fight, flight, and feather behavior exhibits in lazy-minded leaders.

  • Master the connection between physical and organizational fitness.

  • Learn exercises for organizational fitness that profitably repurpose stored organizational energy.

  • Improve your profit margin through science-based leadership.

  • Earn an accredited 9 CPD points when you complete all 6 Pillars

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to Spartan CEO

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    2. Spartan CEO: Process Overview

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    3. Philosophy

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    4. A Brief History Lesson: This Is Sparta!

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    5. Who Is This Course Really For?

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    6. Understanding Leadership, Management & Fitness

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    1. 1.1 Introduction to the Workout

    2. 1.2 Mind–Body Connection

    3. 1.3 Your Spartan Fitness Execution Board

    1. 2.1 How Fitness Shapes Leadership

    2. 2.2 The 21-Day Breakpoint - Rewiring the Brain for Discipline

    3. 2.3 My 8 Year Old Self

    4. 2.4 The Business Case for a Fit Leader

    1. 3.1 Mental Obesity

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    2. 3.2 3 Things

    3. 3.3 6 Things

    4. 3.4 You Are Not What You Think

    5. 3.5 Masking Incompetence

    6. 3.6 The Aggression Mask

    7. 3.7 Flight Response

    8. 3.8 Feather

    9. 3.9 Creating Disciplines

    10. 3.10 Mental Fitness Reset

    1. 4.1 The Bad Surgeon

    2. 4.2 Shareholder Supremacy

    3. 4.3 Trimming the Fat

    4. 4.4 Organizational Fat Store

    5. 4.5 127th Hours

    6. 4.6 How to Perform an Amputation

    7. 4.7 The Cost of redundancies on the Redundant

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    8. 4.8 Increased Hazzard of Death

    9. 4.9 234:1

    10. 4.10 The Cost of Redundancies on the Organization

    11. 4.11 A Better Path to Lean

    12. 4.12 A Bootcamp Approach to Organizational Fitness

    13. 4.13 Quiz: Organizational Fitness

    14. 4.14 A Quick Assignment

    1. Spartan Core Finisher

    2. Defining Moments

    3. Think, Reflect, Act

    4. Conclusion: The Next Pillar

    5. Pillar 1 Feedback Survey

About this course

  • $147.00
  • 42 lessons
  • 3.5 hours of video content

THE SPARTAN CEO STORY

After years building companies and advising hundreds more

I realised top leadership knowledge was only helping a few. My programs boosted leadership, communication, and empowerment - ROI 788% - but millions were left behind. I decided to change that. This masterclass shares the strategies, stories, and science that top executives use so anyone ready to lead can gain the edge and transform their impact.

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING

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“This book has earned a permanent place in my library and I know I’ll return to it for years to come.”
— Joey

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“You’ll find yourself wanting to go to work after reading this. Thoughtful, well written, and full of powerful ideas.”
— Magdolna

For years, this work has been shared in closed boardrooms and invitation-only executive retreats.
Not because it’s exclusive but because it demands commitment.

Now, it’s available to you.

This is your opportunity to learn the same principles trusted by leaders who take their responsibility seriously and who understand that leadership is personal.

LEAD LIKE A SPARTAN - ACT NOW!

Start with the ideas. The eBook is available for $7.99.

If you’re anything like Dr. Corrie, you may prefer a real book the kind you can hold, flip through, and live with for a while. That version is available wherever books are sold, including Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Because sometimes, the right place to begin is simply with a book.
Buy the eBook