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Rating:  - Understand the point, but the book is a bit dry...
Have a lot of respect for both Larry Bossidy and Ramcharan, and know of their achieements. The importance of Execution is the exact other half component of a business (the first half is to bring the vision/idea). Without Execution, vision or idea has no value and Execution can only follow a vision or idea.
Book has some good tips, and good to use lessons, and some examples as well; it is not that I did not get enough value out of this book, but unable to figure out why the book has so many pages for delivering the base concept alone. I wish the book had more specific guideliens, tool tips to improvise on some one why may lack focus on execution.
Rating: - A series of essential but banal truth
This books builds on the fame of the authors, but tells nothing more than a series of banal truths. For the one looking for execution techniques, this book will not give any new insight. On the other side, a manager that will miss one of the "pillars" here presented, i.e. the people process, the strategy and the operation, or to establish the link between them, will inevitably fail in the longer term. The book is easy to read, and might be useful for beginners to avoid banal mistakes.
Rating:  - A succinct summary of all that is wrong in many companies
This book is a succinct summary of all that is wrong in many companies. Larry and Ram analyze many of the most dysfunctional behaviors seen in large corporations and lay out some steps to address them. While many of their stories focus on senior management and execution failures, their suggestions and guidelines work just as well for all levels of management. If you are responsible for planning and getting things done, this book will give you some tips and ideas as well as codifying your "gut feel" for why some people just don't get things done.
My only complaint was that it did not address the problems of getting your information systems to "get things done". As businesses are increasingly embodied in their information systems I think this is going to become more and more important.
Rating: - Take your leadership skills to the next level....
Execution, The Discipline of Getting Things Done, will help you think and manage like a winner! The book is exactly what one would expect from a former GD Exec (Bossidy) an advisor to Blue Chip CEO's (Ram). The essence of the book is to show how to link three of the most important parts of an organization, People, Strategy and Operations, to create a competitive, agile, team that produces results. The book ties in many themes that were in Jack Welch's Winning. The lessons are taught in the context of a manufacturing business, which doesn't really relate to my field but it was very easy to draw the parallels.
I have to admit that when I started reading the book I almost put it back on the shelf because it didn't quite engage me. My one complaint is that some of the chapters seemed long making the material difficult to absorb at times. Overall, I am glad I kept reading because I got some great insight into the ways of successful companies and leaders.
Rating:  - Excellent Execution Advice
An excellent book that focuses on a business principle that is often overlooked. Both authors do a great job of explaining the steps involved in creating an execution culture. They also provide ample examples from their experience to create an indepth understanding of the topic.
Overall a good book that everybody should read, even non-CEO types.
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