Execution

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You better do it... - Rated
An excellent book in terms of understanding thet the difference in buisness is not planning the best strategy, but in superbly executing a good (acceptable) one. Bossidy makes his point of giving you the guidelines as to ensure things that must be done, are done so. Worth reading, but more importantly, doing...

Follow it up - Rated
To be honest I was not impressed at all with this book! The authors tend to give their real life experiences about how to be a very efficient CEO and goes on about this CEO failed because of this or that because he did not follow through! Hmmm.... I guess it is like the usual pep up talk!

And if management & leardership were that simple! - Rated
Very simply explained, this is maybe a shot in the foot for lots of managers with MBA etc. Executing is a matter of having a clear and simple plan (so not too many ideas to chase at the same time) and making sure the plan is implemented, results are measured intellengently and you get constant feedback from all people involved, not only the ones who report directly to you. Basically, it is showing good project management skills as opposed to live in the ivory tower. Very good book for people who like to get to the point!

Nothing new - Rated
Having been recommended this book as something novel, I was eager to read. Unfortunately I was bitterly disappointed. The book as a rambling tale of success and failure akin to an autobiography. There is no scientific structure and no isolation of cause and effect to enable lessons to taken away and applied, e.g. this guys business failed because he didn't execute, another guys succeeded because he did?

This book is generally a tale of good management practices such as setting clear goals, managing through to delivery and taking time to understand problems rather than shouting about missed targets. Unfortunately the business world is more complex than merely substituting the word 'success' for 'execution'.

Useful for employees too... - Rated
Tremendously motivating, even as an employee. And good news, if you care to decipher the hidden message.
Even if you're not a CEO (I'm not a CEO) this book bequeaths two gems. First the signal that management also need to get knee-deep into the complex stuff. Second that management need to pay attention to deep-seated experience, to nurturing skills, to alleviating weaknesses and to catering to the human needs.
I had erroneously assumed that the 'noughties' would be a continuation of the trend of the 'nineties' that staff are dispensable and substitutable at will (having seen in that decade one or several UK managers doing very well for themselves out of draining the staff below). So I take this reading of the coaching and building - and applying pressure - by management as tremendously encouraging.
This book tells me as an employee what cards I can play. It outlines the needs of my clients, the managers. Each employee should read it twice.