Kindle Ô ´ Larry Bossidy

Execution may very well be the best business book of the year and one of the most useful to have come around in a long time This smart and pithy book focuses on a simple though vexing challenge How can the leaders of an organization exhort their people to deliver on the most important goalsIt's rare to find a book like this that blends smart practice with intelligent articulation of how to get things done Do yourself a favor Buy it The Boston GlobeMaking all of the moving parts of an organization function smoothly together is just plain hard work By describing how he has done it Mr Bossidy has come up with a val What a completely over rated book I suspect this made the top 20 best ever booklist that led me to it on the basis that the title sounds good like something a knowledgeable business person should advocate Bossidy has earned the right to write on this topic but the story lacks any sense of instructive meat It's really suited to a motivational speech or a Tom Peters interview Reading 250 pages was painful Some business books are thoughtful; others make me really dislike business culture in general This was exemplary of the latter Bossidy and Charan's pompous tone was omnipresent but the pinnacle came with Bossidy's way of explaining that every employee assessment should include something developmental since even The Good Lord had some development needs I was slightly amused at their summary of the typical strategy review a boring 4 hour sleeper that ends up decorating a credenza but then sobered by the discussion about the engagement and discussion that should happen Their 3 fundamental tasks where the leader must see execution picking leaders setting strategic direction and running operations They also made uncomfortable points about emotional fortitude

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ExecutionIngs happen Ralph S Larsen chairman and CEO Johnson JohnsonHere's the real deal This is no nonsense stuff The leaders who sweat the small stuff hire the right people make the tough decisions and stick around to see that they're carried out are the real winners Forget the swarmy memoirs cheesy parables advice for idiots and leadership secrets of despots and barbarians Getting it done is according to Bossidy and Charan the only way to grow The Miami HeraldCaptures a lifetime of building winning formulas and puts them in a simple practical context for executives at any level Ivan Seidenberg president and CEO Verizo A rambling mess that seemed to have never crossed an editor's desk this book read as though it was literally spoken into a tape recorder transcribed and then published As to its subject matter I cannot think of one bromide the authors managed to leave out particularly of the tautological sort You hire good people byhiring good people you build good products bybuilding good products Wow I finally tossed this sucker aside after about the 84000th mention of Jack Welch in such slobbering terms they'd make a St Bernard blushSo a WTF is not an inappropriate way to end this review The authors have obviously done a great deal in the business world done it uite well and should have a great deal of constructive practical advice to offer Well it ain't in this book gang Sorry Indeed I'm borderline to calling this work an insult to anyone who picks it up expecting something remotely resembling the blurbs on the back cover I don't know what they were reading but it could not possibly have been this mess