Execution

High-Level Thoughts

Execution depends on people, then strategy, then operations. Teams have to be organized correctly and communicate well to even think about implementing a strategy correctly.

Summary Notes

Block 1 - Leaders Essential Behaviors:

Know your people and your business, Insist on realism (show you care), set clear goals and priorities (focus on a few that everyone can grasp), follow through, reward the doers, expand people's capabilities, know yourself.

Strategies most often fail becuase they are not executed well, not because of the strategy itself.

Translate big thoughts into concrete steps for action.

Execution is a systematic way of exposing reality and acting on it.

Block 2 - A cultural framework that links rewards to performance and making linkages transparent as ultimately leaders get the behavior they exhibit and tolerate

Far too many leaders avoid debating about people in group settings. 

Block 3 - Leaders should spend 20% - 40% of time and energy putting people in right places.

Heart of execution: people process (most important), strategy process (adaptable), & operations process.