Author:Ram Charan,Larry Bossidy,Charles Burck
When Execution was first published in 2002, it changed the way we did our jobs. By analysing the discipline of getting things done, it helped thousands of business people to make the final leap to success. Now, Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan reframe their empowering message for a world in which the old rules have been shattered and radical change is becoming routine. For the foreseeable future:
- Growth will be slower. But the company that executes well will have the confidence, speed and resources to move fast as new opportunities emerge.
- Competition will be fiercer, with companies searching for any possible advantage in every area.
- Governments will take on new roles in their national economies. And companies that execute well will be more attractive as partners and suppliers, and better prepared to adapt to new waves of regulation.
- Risk management will become a top priority for every leader, and every company will be looking for the edge in detecting new internal and external threats.
Forget formulating a 'vision', then leaving others to carry it out: Execution shows you how to link together people, strategy and operations - the three core elements of every organisation - and create a business based on dialogue, intellectual honesty and realism. With case histories from the real world, Execution provides the realistic and hard-nosed approach to business success that could only come from authors as accomplished and insightful as Bossidy and Charan.
It's rare to find a book like this that blends smart practice with intelligent articulation of how to get things done. Do yourself a favour. Buy it.
—— Boston GlobeA how-to book for the can-do boss.
—— BusinessWeekThough a lively read, this is not a cutesy little bob-bon of a book. Well thought-out and crisply presented, it offers key principles, case studies and exercises to help make niceness habitual.
—— Publishers WeeklySt. Hilaire provides...interesting and useful methods for presenting ideas.... He's practical...though he very wisely recognizes how humans think and act. His anecdotes are apt and instructional..., and show how executives and others can present their thoughts in ways that are palatable to others without necessarily compromising or losing integrity.
—— Miami HeraldErdal convincingly exposes the gross errors in the conventional models economists use to describe people and businesses (which he labels 'just-so stories'), and describes how and why employee-owned businesses are superior to publicly listed companies in every way. The book is an easy read, jam-packed with quotable passages.
—— R. Eric Swanepoel , Bella Caledonia BlogDan and Chip Heath have done it again ... Any leader looking to create change in his organization need not look beyond this little book. It is packed with examples and hands-on tools that will get you moving right away. And it is really a fun read
—— BusinessWeekChip and Dan Heath have mined the latest psychological research to work out how to engage our emotional brain, and encourage us to focus on "bright spots" - techniques proven to help us change bad habits - rather than merely telling us what we're doing wrong
—— PsychologiesProvides a useful framework for understanding change and is full of suggestions for "fooling yourself"- and those around you - into making changes you want to make but can't
—— DirectorA particularly absorbing and entertaining read
—— Financial TimesA cautionary tale for those who believe that the grass - and their future paycheck - would be greener if only they could jump the fence into the rarefied world of the Masters of Business Administration
—— New York TimesOriginal, clever, funny - and full of insights into one of the most influential insitutions in the world
—— George Osborne, Shadow Chancellor of the ExchequerWhat They Teach You...' is a hilarious, perceptive and unflinching account of the strange world of Harvard Business School, its students and the wider world of business which they are set to dominate. It is the Liar's Poker of the MBA set. Destined to become a classic
—— Albert Read, General Manager of Conde NastInformative, wry, and well-written, this book will make rewarding and pleasurable reading for anybody wishing to understand why business is the way it is.
—— John Cassidy, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of Dot.ConKirkpatrick's amazing reporting details what happens when a hacker culture turns into a multi-billion-dollar firm. Mark Zuckerberg sought to maintain that hacker energy, and it's fascinating to hear what resulted
—— Chris Anderson, Editor of Wired and author of The Long TailEngrossing. . . . A detailed and scrupulously fair history of [Facebook]
—— Rich Jaroslovsky , Bloomberg Businessweek
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