文档介绍：Concentrated Knowledge™ for the Busy Executive •. 24, No. 12 (2 parts) Part 1, December 2002 • Order # 24-29
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The Discipline of Getting Things Done
EXECUTION
THE SUMMARY IN BRIEF
Organizations face many challenges in today’s shaky economy — com-
petitive battles, increased costs, decreased margins, and a host of other
internal and external forces. In order to shore up panies’ respons-
es to these factors, today’s leaders must be able to take the goals they set
for anizations and turn them into results. Unfortunately, too many
companies struggle to bridge the gap between goals and results — they cre-
By Larry Bossidy and ate solid, logical, even bold plans, but are unable to execute properly.
Ram Charan Honeywell CEO Larry Bossidy and management advisor Ram Charan
contend that the reason for this gap is that businesspeople do not think
CONTENTS about execution as a discipline or a cornerstone of a business’ culture —
and they must. From middle management all the way up to CEO, pa-
Why Execution Is Necessary ny’s leaders must recognize execution as the most important collective set
Page 2 of activities in which they can engage. No more is there room for leaders
Building Block 1: The who rely merely on their vision to get from goals to results; to survive, they
Leader’s Seven Essential must get more involved in the detai