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"The book that shows how to get the job done and deliver results . . . whether you’re running an entire company or in your first management job. Larry Bossidy is one of the world’s most acclaimed CEOs, a man with few peers who has a track record for delivering results. Ram Charan is a legendary advisor to senior executives and boards of directors, a man with unparalleled insight into why some companies are successful and others are not. Together they’ve pooled their knowledge and experience into the one book on how to close the gap between results promised and results delivered that people in business need today. After a long, stellar career with General Electric, Larry Bossidy transformed AlliedSignal into one of the world’s most admired companies and was named CEO of the year in 1998 by Chief Executive magazine. Accomplishments such as 31 consecutive quarters of earnings-per-share growth of 13 percent or more didn’t just happen; they resulted from the consistent practice of the discipline of execution: understanding how to link together people, strategy, and operations, the three core processes of every business. Putting an execution culture in place is hard, but losing it is easy. In July 2001 Larry Bossidy was asked by the board of directors of Honeywell International (it had merged with AlliedSignal) to return and get the company back on track. He’s been putting the ideas he writes about in Execution to work in real time." Awesome Book. A must read for any Business Major or anybody who wants to take control and be succesful in the business realm. Enjoy!@~~~~~Read full review
My son recommended this book, and I dived right into it. While the examples the author uses are from large corporations, the principles apply to my smaller business as well. I have already incorporated some "execution" style changes in our business, and asked more robust questions to very positive results. Definitely worth reading for any business manager or owner.
I first become aware of this book from a Condé Nast Portfolio magazine survey on which business book was a must read. It came down to Good to Great by Jim Collins and Execution. I would highly recommend both but from my opinion it would appear that Execution reminds us all that a vision with no thought of tactical implementation or separating yourself from being responsible for the execution phase is where many executives fail...including this one. It is nice to hear a candid view on why vision does not always mean results. We can always designate authority but never execution.
Great book on setting goals, defining, and getting to the root of issues by asking those difficult questions. This book is inspirational and provides excellent examples. Good read.
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Ram and Larry present a great book with insights and learning.
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