Execution - PowerPoint

							Random House Business Books.
ISBN 9780712625982




Review by:
Kedar Parikh
OB Assignment III
MIM 1 Roll No 32
JBIMS
   “Execution is the missing link between aspirations and
    results.”
    - Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan

   “Execution is a systematic process of rigorously
    discussing hows and whats, tenaciously following
    through, and ensuring accountability.”
     - Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan




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 The Gap nobody knows
  ›The discipline of Execution
  ›Why it is so important
  ›Execution is job of Business Leader


 The Execution Difference
  ›How it can differentiate you from your competitors
  e.g. Dell, Xerox, EDS, Lucent Technologies, GE,
  Southwest Airlines, Wal-Mart


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   Know your people and your business
   Insist on realism
   Set clear goals and priorities
   Follow through
   Reward the doers
   Expand people’s capabilities through coaching
   Know yourself




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   Creating the Framework for Cultural Change
   Operationalizing Culture
   Linking Rewards to Performance.
   The Social Software of Execution.
   Importance of Robust Dialogue.
   The Job no Leader should delegate:
    › Having right people in the right place.




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 The People process:
  › Making the link with strategy and operations
 The Strategy process:
  › Making the link with people and operations
 The Operations process:
  › Making the link with strategy and people




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 Linking people to strategy and operations
 Developing the leadership pipeline through continuous
  improvement, succession depth and reducing retention
  risk
 Dealing with non performers
 Linking HR to business results




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   The importance of the hows
   The building blocks of a strategy
   Building the strategic plan
   Questions for a strategic plan
   Questions to raise at a strategy review




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   Building a Budget
   Importance of Synchronization
   Sound Assumptions
     › The key to setting realistic goals
   Building The operating plan
   Making Trade-Offs
   Outcomes of Operations Process
   Follow-Through and Contingencies


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   Larry Bossidy
    › CEO of Honeywell and Allied Signal & General Electric (GE) Credit
      (now GE Capital Corporation)
    › Executive vice president and President of GE’s Services and Materials
      Sector, and Vice-chairman of GE.
   Ram Charan
    › Highly sought advisor to CEOs and senior executives
    › Author of number of books
    › Taught at both the Harvard Business School and Kellogg School of North-
      western University.
   Charles Burck
    › Writer and Editor. Editor of Fortune magazine.




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