Doing Business with God

York Times When Execution was first published, it changed the way we do our jobs by emphasizing the critical importance of ” execution discipline: the ability to take the final leap to success by actually getting things done. Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan now reframe their empowering message for a world in which old rules have been broken, radical change becomes routine, and the ability to execute is more important than ever. Now and for the foreseeable future:

• Growth will be slower. But the business that performs well will have the confidence, speed, and resources to act quickly as new opportunities arise.
• Competition will be fiercer, with companies seeking every possible advantage in everything from products and technologies to location and management.
• Governments will take on new roles in their national economies, some as partners to business, others imposing constraints. Businesses that perform well will be more attractive to government entities as partners and suppliers and better prepared to adapt to a new wave of regulation.
• Risk management will become a top priority for every leader. Execution gives you an edge in detecting new internal and external threats and in managing crises that can never be fully predicted.

Execution shows how to connect people, strategy and operations, the three fundamental processes of every business. Leading these processes is the real job of running a business, not formulating a “vision” and leaving the job of realizing it to others. Bossidy and Charan show the importance of being deeply and passionately engaged in an organization and why solid dialogues about people, strategy and operations result in a business based on intellectual honesty and realism.

With paradigmatic real-world case histories – including examples like the divergent paths taken by Jamie Dimon at JPMorgan Chase and Charles Prince at Citigroup – Execution provides the realistic, uncompromising approach to business success that can only come from authors as accomplished and insightful as Bossidy and Charan.