books about: execution

books about: execution

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Execution

Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done

Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, ...

Crown Business, 2002

It's a must read for CEOs
I have required all of my management team to read "Execution" book. This book tells you why many companies fail to execute its strategies and how you can implement a performance management system to execute your business model. The book also provides tools to ...

Executing Your Strategy: How to Break It Down and Get It Done

William A. Malek, Mark Morgan, ...

Harvard Business School Press, 2008

Perils and opportunities in the six domains of the strategic execution network
In this volume, Mark Morgan, Raymond Levitt, and William Malek focus their attention on "engaging in strategic project portfolio management for successful execution" and more specifically on the six domains of the strategic execution network, their acronym INVEST: ...

Getting the Right Things Done: A Leader's Guide to Planning and Execution

Pascal Dennis

Lean Enterprise Institute, 2006

Strategy Deployment Simplified
Pascal Dennis covers the basics of strategy deployment extremely well. He explains the concepts, methods and tactics used by Toyota to maximize improvement. His extremely practical description of strategies "as stories that engage" and his clear explanations of ...

Six Disciplines® Execution Revolution: Solving the One Business Problem That Makes Solving All Other Problems ...

Gary Harpst

Six Disciplines Publishing, 2008

A Great Book for a Struggling Business Environment
With our struggling economy, the crisis with rising prices in energy and the continual, increasing rise in food prices, a large percentage of American businesses are struggling. The timing of this book could not have been better. This book details a strategy ...

Asset Protection : Concepts and Strategies for Protecting Your Wealth

Jay Adkisson, Chris Riser

McGraw-Hill, 2004

OUTSTANDING TREATISE!!!!
BUY IT. READ IT. THEN READ IT AGAIN. AND AGAIN. EACH TIME YOU READ IT YOU WILL PICK UP YET ANOTHER USEFUL NUGGET OF INFORMATION. THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS 'BIBLE' IS THAT IT IS USEFUL FOR THOSE WISHING TO PROTECT ASSETS FROM FUTURE CREDITORS, AND JUST AS USEFUL FOR ...

A Tale of Two Cities: 150th Anniversary (Signet Classics)

Charles Dickens

Signet Classics, 2007

An Instant Classic
A Tale of Two of Two Cities is a great story and was an instant classic. A very famous quote from this book is "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." If you have read this book you should know this quote by heart. I really liked this book with all of ...

Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution

Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, ...

Harvard Business School Press, 2006

Great Book
Our company is big on this book. our IT CIO has distributed several copies of it to several key people in the organisation.

Execution Dock: A Novel
Anne Perry

Ballantine Books, 2009

A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics)

Charles Dickens

Penguin Classics, 2003

`It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...'
I first read this novel almost 40 years ago. I've just finished rereading: it remains my favourite Charles Dickens novel. `A Tale of Two Cities' was initially published in weekly instalments over 31 weeks in 1859: it is historical fiction, encompassing the period ...

Execution Premium

Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton

Harvard Business School Press, 2008

Detailed report on linking strategy with operations
Senior executives love to plan strategies. They believe this puts them in the exalted company of Napoleon, Sun-Tzu and Clausewitz. Indeed, for CEOs and their corporate colleagues, developing strategy is the heart of executive leadership. Unfortunately, most companies ...

Lincoln's Assassins: Their Trial and Execution

James L. Swanson, Daniel Weinberg

Harper Perennial, 2008

Avid Lincoln Reader
I saw James Swanson giving a speech about his other book "Manhunt" and found him fascinating to listen to. he knew facts that I had never heard before and could describe them with such detail I felt like I was watching it happen. I read "Manhunt" and was thrilled to ...

A Place of Execution

Val McDermid

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2001

A TRUE ENGLISH MYSTERY...
This Edgar Award finalist and New York Times Notable Book of the Year is a beautifully crafted, intriguing mystery, with well-fleshed characters and an intricate plot. Quintessentially English to its core, this mystery will captivate the reader, not only with its plot ...

The 4 Disciplines of Execution (Revised Edition): The Secret to Getting Things Done, On Time, With Excellence

Covey, 2008

Executing strategic goals is the greatest challenge in business today. Aligning the organization?s work teams with your most important objectives is a never-ending battle. In addition, keeping teams engaged and focused on the top goals is critical. Imagine an organization where every team?from the senior leadership to the front line?is focused on ...

Enemy of the State: The Trial and Execution of Saddam Hussein

Michael A. Newton, Michael P. Scharf

St. Martin's Press, 2008

An EXCEPTIONAL work and insight into the trial of Saddam Hussein!!
This is a GREAT book! It is meticulously written by Professors Newton and Scharf, each equally qualified both by education and experience as subject matter experts in international law. What sets them apart is that they have served as Advisors for some of the more ...

Billy Budd and Other Tales

Herman Melville

Signet Classics, 1998

good and evil
Personally, I thought this was a great book. This book follows a man named Billy Budd through the end of his life spent in the English navy. Although this book had some boring parts, it was overall a great story line. I was impressed with story more than the writing, ...