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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
Some strong points. Nothing too novel but a decent reiteration of what seems like slightly outdated leadership advice. Employees matter, focus on results, get into the weeds and really worked understand what it’s like on the ground floor. This is generally geared towards a sort of multi conglomerate of the 70s through early 2000s where there was a very hierarchical leadership structure.
Not sure about their love of all things Jack Welch. Welsh rode a wave of financial innovations at GE that made the company a lot of money but is now responsible for where it is today. His short term view handicap many of the robust features and the toxic environment that he created is not something I think should be celebrated, this undermines the authors credibility‘s and makes me wary of their conclusions.
it’s a little dense for a quick read but probably a valuable one if you’re working in the corporate world that a company is more than maybe 1000 people.
Not sure about their love of all things Jack Welch. Welsh rode a wave of financial innovations at GE that made the company a lot of money but is now responsible for where it is today. His short term view handicap many of the robust features and the toxic environment that he created is not something I think should be celebrated, this undermines the authors credibility‘s and makes me wary of their conclusions.
it’s a little dense for a quick read but probably a valuable one if you’re working in the corporate world that a company is more than maybe 1000 people.
There were a few takeaways for the education sector, but other sections were hard to connect to.
It's been a number of years since I first read this book. After a second reading, I'm convinced that it's far more helpful than what I thought from my first read. Very insightful and practical framework from which to view work.
This book makes some good points, but I don't feel like I learned anything new or revolutionary. It was a good reminder of how to stay execution-focused rather than get wrapped up talking and talking about things but never actually following through with them. I, of course, tried to apply all of it to my job at Bank of America. All of the examples Bossidy uses are marketing/sales/business growth and development focused, so it was a little hard to relate his principles to my risk management and regulatory compliance function.
A few of the section headers:
-Execution is a discipline, one that is integral to strategy.
-Execution is the major job of the business leader.
-Execution must be a core element of an organization's culture.
-The Building Blocks of Execution
· Know your people and your business.
· Insist of realism.
· Set clear goals and priorities.
· Follow through.
· Reward the doers.
· Expand people’s capabilities.
· Know yourself.
-Creating the Framework for Cultural Change
-Operationalizing Culture
+ a good overview of the book
http://www.altfeldinc.com/pdfs/execution.pdf
A few of the section headers:
-Execution is a discipline, one that is integral to strategy.
-Execution is the major job of the business leader.
-Execution must be a core element of an organization's culture.
-The Building Blocks of Execution
· Know your people and your business.
· Insist of realism.
· Set clear goals and priorities.
· Follow through.
· Reward the doers.
· Expand people’s capabilities.
· Know yourself.
-Creating the Framework for Cultural Change
-Operationalizing Culture
+ a good overview of the book
http://www.altfeldinc.com/pdfs/execution.pdf
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Granular book on how to get the job done and deliver results. Very helpful for managers figuring how to implement a strategy. There is so much good in this book but really, really needs to be updated. So as long as you can put up with listening to your grandfather peppering the conversation with war stories, you can mine this resource for really good tips and wisdom, from how and why managing the people process is most important to how you can run an effective meeting (excellent business hygiene and checklist mentality).
Bossidy addresses the three areas of a leader:
1. People Process
2. Strategy Process
3. Operations Process
Bossidy addresses the three areas of a leader:
1. People Process
2. Strategy Process
3. Operations Process
John had recommended this book to me, and I thought it made good sense to read given the number of projects to execute on my plate. After making it through the book, it was clear to me that for my purposes I could have read the first chapter and the letter at the end of the book very closely, and then just have skimmed the rest of the book.
My main takeaways are:
* Leaders actually get things done
* Do not hide from reality
* Link strategy with people and operations
I suspect this will be a book that I'll go back to at different periods in my professional life, and will be more useful with time, but at this point the brief overview would have done it.
My main takeaways are:
* Leaders actually get things done
* Do not hide from reality
* Link strategy with people and operations
I suspect this will be a book that I'll go back to at different periods in my professional life, and will be more useful with time, but at this point the brief overview would have done it.
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
A rambling mess that seemed to have never crossed an editor's desk, this book read as though it was literally spoken into a tape recorder, transcribed and then published. As to its subject matter: I cannot think of one bromide the "authors" managed to leave out, particularly of the tautological sort. You hire good people by....hiring good people, you build good products by....building good products. Wow.
I finally tossed this sucker aside after about the 84,000th mention of Jack Welch, in such slobbering terms they'd make a St. Bernard blush.
So, a "WTF?" is not an inappropriate way to end this review. The authors have obviously done a great deal in the business world, done it quite well and should have a great deal of constructive, practical advice to offer. Well, it ain't in this book, gang. Sorry. Indeed, I'm borderline to calling this work an insult to anyone who picks it up, expecting something remotely resembling the blurbs on the back cover. I don't know what they were reading, but it could not possibly have been this mess.
I finally tossed this sucker aside after about the 84,000th mention of Jack Welch, in such slobbering terms they'd make a St. Bernard blush.
So, a "WTF?" is not an inappropriate way to end this review. The authors have obviously done a great deal in the business world, done it quite well and should have a great deal of constructive, practical advice to offer. Well, it ain't in this book, gang. Sorry. Indeed, I'm borderline to calling this work an insult to anyone who picks it up, expecting something remotely resembling the blurbs on the back cover. I don't know what they were reading, but it could not possibly have been this mess.
informative
slow-paced