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The 4 Disciplines Of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals (2012)

by Sean Covey(Favorite Author)

4.01 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

145162705X (ISBN13: 9781451627053)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Free Press

review 1: I've now read this book 3 times. The book grounds you, in a process that is very easy to follow and incorporate into daily practices. the most impactful part of the book to me was the part on leading vs lagging indicators,that part of the book alone was worth it. The concept is super simple to grasp, most metrics we set up are lag indicators, meaning that by the time we get the numbers, its too late to do anything about them. Instead we should look to identify those metrics that are predictive of the outcome we seek, that are influence-able.I also really enjoyed the parts on sharing the goal with your team in a way that they can hold you and themselves accountable. The book gives many examples as well which help a ton, when you are trying to make sense of how these chang... morees could manifest themselves in your organization. This book is especially important for me during times of creating plans, it grounds me and gets me back to thinking about things that matter most, where me and my teams energy is most critically placed, etc.One quote that stuck with me came early on, when the author talks about not asking yourself what is the most important thing to do in the organization, but instead, Ask if every other area of our operation stayed at the current level of performance, what is the one area where change would have the biggest impact? This is about leverage.I couldn't recommend this book any more strongly, enjoy.
review 2: 4DX (as it is known by the hip and cool) is one of the best books on managing execution that i have ever read. we are spared the history, philosophy, and emotions of management and shown a method that the authors have demonstrated to work in many companies around the world. the book is a simple, but powerful, read. many of the points in the book are so obvious that i thought to myself, "Well, i know that already"...but i also had to acknowledge that i am not doing anything with the knowledge if i have it. 4DX is highly motivational and is a method of execution management that i look forward to using for the rest of my career. as the authors point out, 4DX can also be used by individuals to make big changes in their personal lives, so the book is not only for managers of executives, but for anyone who wants to achieve a big and challenging goal. less

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