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Closing the execution gap : how great leaders and their companies get results / Richard Lepsinger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lepsinger, Richard, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Organizational effectiveness.
- Performance.
- Leadership.
- Management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (255 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Why can some companies get things done day-to-day and deliver consistent results? Based on an extensive research from more than 400 companies, this book outlines five baseline factors critical for effective execution and five factors that differentiate companies that are most effective at executing plans and initiatives. It also explores the seven specific things leaders at all levels can do to close the execution gap in their company or team and help people get things done day-to-day. This is an essential guide for consistently executing effective plans and initiatives.
- Contents:
- Closing the Execution Gap: How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results; Contents; List of Figures, Tables, and Exhibits; About the Author; Introduction; Chapter One: Vision Without Execution Is Hallucination; Chapter Two: Bridge Builder 1: Translate Strategy into Action; Chapter Three: Bridge Builder 2: Expect Top Performance; Chapter Four: Bridge Builder 3: Hold People Accountable; Chapter Five: Bridge Builder 4: Involve the Right People in Making the Right Decisions; Chapter Six: Bridge Builder 5: Facilitate Change Readiness
- Chapter Seven: Bridge Builder 6: Increase Coordination and CooperationConclusion: Five Lessons for Leaders; Appendix: Criteria for Identifying Top-Performing and Less-Successful Companies; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613678645
- 9781280767876
- 1280767871
- 9780470636725
- 0470636726
- OCLC:
- 630544607
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