Execution is a systematic process of rigorously discussing
hows and whats, questioning, tenaciously following through, and ensuring
accountability.
The heart of execution lies in the three core processes: the
people process, the strategy process, and the operations process.
Execution has to be embedded in the reward systems and in
the norms of behavior that everyone practices.
Execution has to be part of an organization’s culture,
driving the behavior of all leaders at all levels.
The intellectual challenge of execution is in getting to the
heart of an issue through persistent and constructive probing.
Organizations don’t execute unless the right people,
individually and collectively, focus on the right details at the right time.
Leadership without the discipline of execution is incomplete
and ineffective. Without the ability to execute, all other attributes of
leadership become hollow.
Leaders who execute, focus on a very few clear priorities
that everyone can grasp.
Along with having clear goals, you should strive for
simplicity in general.
Clear, simple goals don’t mean much if nobody takes them
seriously. The failure to follow through is widespread in business, and a major
cause of poor execution.
From: Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
