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antontsvetkov's review against another edition
5.0
A very clear and actionable disciplines to drive execution:
1. Select and focus on a wildly important goal (WIG), which would be a breakthrough. Authors appreciate the pressure from operational activities (whirlwind) and highlight importance to ring-fence a WIG.
2. While Lag indicators is what we need (like revenues or lead time), lead indicators is what the team could really focus on. It's required to define good lead indicators and focus on them.
3. Develop and use visual scoreboard (like the one in soccer game). A team needs to quickly see the current state and coordinate the efforts and focus on result. Such scoreboard is not the same as coach scoreboard, which is usually much more detailed.
4. Implement the cadence of accountability - regular (weekly) meetings where leader and all team members hold each other accountable on their commitments on driving the goal. Authors gives tailored instructions for leaders of leaders and leaders of the front line teams.
1. Select and focus on a wildly important goal (WIG), which would be a breakthrough. Authors appreciate the pressure from operational activities (whirlwind) and highlight importance to ring-fence a WIG.
2. While Lag indicators is what we need (like revenues or lead time), lead indicators is what the team could really focus on. It's required to define good lead indicators and focus on them.
3. Develop and use visual scoreboard (like the one in soccer game). A team needs to quickly see the current state and coordinate the efforts and focus on result. Such scoreboard is not the same as coach scoreboard, which is usually much more detailed.
4. Implement the cadence of accountability - regular (weekly) meetings where leader and all team members hold each other accountable on their commitments on driving the goal. Authors gives tailored instructions for leaders of leaders and leaders of the front line teams.
joana_stormblessed's review against another edition
3.0
great to help you reach your goals. love the first section and the end. the middle gets redundant though
briarsreviews's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
The 4 Disciplines of Execution is a fantastic business read that will teach leaders and workers how to create realistic goals.
This is a great read for those looking at a way to maximize efficiency in their workplace or business. The proven formula has been used many times over and is continuing to be introduced into new organizations. The practices in this book make a lot of sense and is a great new way to think about how you want to reach achievable business goals.
This is a management/leadership book and not exactly a self-help. I'm sure there are many ways you can take this practice into your own life too, but it's definitely focused on a business level.
Five out of five stars.
This is a great read for those looking at a way to maximize efficiency in their workplace or business. The proven formula has been used many times over and is continuing to be introduced into new organizations. The practices in this book make a lot of sense and is a great new way to think about how you want to reach achievable business goals.
This is a management/leadership book and not exactly a self-help. I'm sure there are many ways you can take this practice into your own life too, but it's definitely focused on a business level.
Five out of five stars.
pammy_taylor's review against another edition
4.5
The operations bible, so many good strategies that are easy to implement with big impacts!
radbear76's review against another edition
4.0
Really great ideas. Trying to figure out how to apply them to my team with scattered foci will be challenging but I think it can work. Definitely worth reading.
rbogue's review
4.0
Running your own company is sometimes challenging – in truth most entrepreneurs would say that it’s almost always challenging. In some ways I feel like the challenges of a small business are very different than the challenges of large organizations. Sometimes when I’m reading management books it’s hard to translate the “big company” view into one that’s more appropriate for a small organization. That struggle surfaced in my reading of The Four Disciplines of Execution – but in a slightly different way than one might expect.
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moswanky's review against another edition
3.0
This book has some excellent tips and tricks for staying on task to get important projects completed. There is a large section about how to integrate this with your work teams and as a leader that weren’t especially relevant to me. However, if you read the first few chapters and pick out the pieces in the rest of the book that apply to daily life, you are sure to find practical take aways to implement in your own life.