4 Disciplines of Execution: Getting Strategy Done
Author: Sean Covey, Chris McChesney & Jim Huling
Sonya’s Review: This is a really ‘new’ book to me, a good friend of mine introduced me to it 🙂 and we have had many conversations about it.
It was one of those books that ‘just make sense’. I’ve known about goals for a really long time, but never heard of them explained so simply. 🙂
A Goal takes you from point A to point B by a certain time. Thats it, just that, so simple… 🙂
The Four Disciplines of Executionare:
- Focus on the Wildly Important;
- Act on the Lead Measures;
- Keep a Compelling Scoreboard;
- Create a Cadence of Accountability.
To achieve our goals we need to look at the process, what will it take for us to get from point A to point B???
I could rave about this forever, but wont bore you 🙂
MOST Definitely a MUST read type of book 🙂
*****
Publisher’s Summary
An insightful new work from the multimillion-copy best-selling author Sean Covey and the FranklinCovey organization, based on their work with hundreds of thousands of employees and large companies to unveil the essential disciplines proven to help businesses and individuals realize their most important goals.
A publishing phenomenon, Sean Covey and the FranklinCovey organization have become one of the most respected brands in the highly competitive world of thought leadership in business. In his latest work, Covey lays out an unprecedented plan for goal-realization that will revolutionize the way we approach our dreams.
The 4 Disciplines of Execution provides a simple, proven formula for achieving the goals that every individual or organization needs to reach. From Marriott to the U.S. Navy, Covey and his team have worked with more than 200,000 people in hundreds of organizations to improve performance, identifying and honing four secrets of perfect execution: Focus on the Wildly Important; Act on the Lead Measures; Keep a Compelling Scoreboard; and Create a Cadence of Accountability. By allowing teams to separate those urgent tasks that demand attention merely to keep a company alive – called the “whirlwind” – from new, “wildly important” goals that promise to break new ground, these disciplines empower leaders to accomplish what is by far the most difficult aspect of creating results: executing a strategy that requires a change in behavior. Simply put, this is a work that no business, however small or large, can afford to pass up.
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