Strategic Execution
Driving Breakthrough Performance in Business
Published on 17. September 2019
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-5036-0359-2 (ISBN)
Description
CEOs regularly identify strategic execution as their biggest challenge, and the top priority facing today's business leaders. Based on their research with senior executives across a variety of industries-and including firms like Marriott, Microsoft, SunTrust, UPS, and Vail Resorts-Kenneth J. Carrig and Scott A. Snell have distilled the elements that are most critical for execution. This book addresses the challenges of execution, why it matters, and why the approach remains elusive. It introduces an integrated framework for understanding four priorities underlying execution excellence. Ultimately, it all comes down to alignment, agility, ability, and architecture. The authors lay out a process for applying the framework, helping business leaders to diagnose their challenges and to determine their path toward breakthrough performance.
Reviews / Votes
"Ken Carrig and Scott Snell provide a framework that can be applied in any setting and draw on real-life examples to detail the elements of successful execution."-Arne N. Sorenson, President & CEO, and David A. Rodriguez, Global Chief Human Resources Officer, Marriott International "Carrig and Snell have identified the most critical approaches to building truly great organizations. This is a must-read for anyone wanting to know what best-in-class leadership should look like today."-Rob Katz, CEO, Vail Resorts "Carrig and Snell provide a concise cross-section of business experiences against the backdrop of their 4A framework to create a thought-provoking blueprint for excellence in execution."-William H. Rogers, CEO, SunTrust Banks "Strategic Execution distills decades of leadership experience into an actionable guide for companies, teams, and managers. If you want your company-or your team-to move faster, this is the book for you."-Laszlo Bock, CEO of Humu, author of Work Rules!, and former Chief People Officer, Google "Strategic Execution offers an update to the classic book Execution by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan, addressing the same enduring challenges but with solutions designed for the Information Age."-Laurie Siegel, Senior Advisor, G100 Network, and former Chief Human Resources Officer, Tyco International "My mission is to help successful leaders achieve positive, lasting change in behavior. This book can help both individuals and teams achieve this mission!"-Marshall Goldsmith, New York Times bestselling author of Triggers and What Got You Here Won't Get You ThereMore details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Palo Alto
United States
Publishing group
Stanford University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Cloth
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
472 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5036-0359-2 (9781503603592)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
09/2019
Stanford Business Books,US
€89.99
Available for download
Persons
Kenneth J. Carrig is former Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for SunTrust Banks. He now serves as an advisor to CEOs. He has been a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources since 2004. Carrig is co-author of Building Profit through Building People (SHRM, 2008), the proceeds of which benefit Share Our Strength, an organization dedicated to fighting childhood hunger. Scott A. Snell is Professor of Business Administration and former Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education at the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business. He is co-author of several books, notably Management: Leading and Collaborating in a Competitive World, 12th Edition (McGraw-Hill, 2016) and Managing Human Resources, 18th Edition (Cengage, 2018).
Content
1. The CEO's Top Challenge
2. The 4A Framework: Focus Resources and Energy
3. Alignment: The Imperative of Shared Intent
4. Ability: The Power of Talent
5. Architecture: The Clarity of Design and Process
6. Agility: The Speed of Change
7. Using the 4A Framework: A Guide for Action
2. The 4A Framework: Focus Resources and Energy
3. Alignment: The Imperative of Shared Intent
4. Ability: The Power of Talent
5. Architecture: The Clarity of Design and Process
6. Agility: The Speed of Change
7. Using the 4A Framework: A Guide for Action