The newest book from Ram Charan was released yesterday (2/24/2015). We have presented so many of his books at the First Friday Book Synopsis in Dallas that I am almost certain that we won’t do this one. But, I thought that our blog readers would like to know that he has another book out. The… Read More Charan’s New Book is Off to a Great Start
I know that we are still working on the August 1 First Friday Book Synopsis with two excellent books and our bonus program, but I am already looking forward to my September presentation. It has excellent reviews and plenty of strong publicity, including one by our blogging partner, Bob Morris. You can read his review… Read More Talent Masters is the Choice for the September FFBS
The problem is simple. Too many employees are not fully developed. In fact, too many employees develop very little after they are hired. And this is a problem. So, how does a company do a better job at developing employees? Here is a line from the 2002 book that kind of launched the “Execution” discussion… Read More A Training Session is Just the Beginning
Let me help you plan your reading for 2011. The issue is… Leadership Development. Look at those words. Think about them. They say a lot. Mainly they say this – leaders have to be developed, and leaders have to focus on, and work on, continual development. This does not happen by accident. Some leaders may… Read More Here’s a Suggested Reading List for Leadership Development (for 2011) – Now, with Update
Why do you read books? (or blogs, or magazines, or anything else?) We live in an ever-more utilitarian age. We read in order to do something. We read in order to implement. To put it in business terms, we read in order to “execute.” In fact, we read the book Execution in order to execute.… Read More Has our Execution-focused age smothered our love of learning?
What do Americans Really Want? – One thing that they want is success, without paying for it… I’m working my way through the new Frank Luntz book, What Americans Really Want…Really. It is my selection for this Friday at the First Friday Book Synopsis. I heard him interviewed on the Krys Boyd Think program on… Read More Jason Kidd summarizes success: “Read, React, Execute” — one of the jewels from What Americans Really Want…Really
Execution is not just tactics – it is a discipline and a system. It has to be built into a company’s strategy, its goals, and its culture. And the leader of the organization must be deeply engaged in it. He cannot delegate its substance. (Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done. Larry Bossidy and Ram… Read More “Execution is what brings the results in.” — So says the CEO of Dr Pepper
I’ve just become aware of the current listing of the Thinkers 50 (The definitive listing of the world’s top 50 business thinkers), which lists the most influential business thinkers by ranked order of importance and influence, based on 10 measures: The Measures: 1. Originality of Ideas: Are the ideas and examples used by the thinker… Read More Malcolm Gladwell is #2 on the list of the Business Top 50 Thinkers
In Leading Change, John Kotter states that some organizations try to implement a change program which is then likely to be “overmanaged and underled.” In The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership-Powered Company by Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, and James Noel, that theme is more broadly developed. They write: Because of the new business… Read More Which is It? Overmanaged and Underled — OR, Undermanaged and Overled? How about Undermanaged and Underled?
Yes, plans can be tough to make. Planning done right is hard work, and a failure to plan leads to ongoing failure down the road. But most business failure has more to do with a failure to execute than it does with a failure to plan. This message was stated clearly in the Larry Bossidy… Read More Once you Decide and Plan — It’s All About Execution
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