265 Strategy-Execution Questions

265 Strategy-Execution Questions is the most comprehensive, informative, and valuable guide to strategy-execution available anywhere.

The book begins by sharing the key bullet points from the original Getting Sh*t done and identifying the key takeaways from each chapter. Then, this book greatly expands by exploring questions related to each chapter.

It is a brief and impactful guide that anyone can use to assess and guide strategy-execution.

Strategy-execution begins with asking questions, not issuing directives.

GSD:
Organizations continue to struggle to achieve their strategies. Although organizations and industries can identify what needs to change, most strategy-execution efforts fail. Those strategy executions that don't fail outright will limp forward. Staggering price tags, incomplete deliverables, and a demoralized workforce usually lie in the wake of many change efforts. Not that this is a new problem, but the pace of competition and innovation today has substantially raised the stakes of the game. What worked yesterday may not work today, and an organization needs to be dynamic enough to choose new courses of action and make them a reality.

Enough already.

Closing the strategy execution gap starts by acknowledging that execution is a distinctive discipline and skill set built over time. By learning how to set better targets, align resources, lead at all levels, deliver results, and build controls around processes, we learn to build a system that ensures what gets done, stays done.

What will reading Getting Shit Done do for me?

• Become more productive at work
• Derive greater satisfaction from work
• Turn strategy into execution
• Define Who has to do What and by When?
• Define cultural practices that reinforce shared beliefs
• Keep yourself and other aligned and accountable
• Become more effective with time management
• Become more effective in communication
• Set and achieve challenging yet practical targets
• Understand the factors that define work today and what must change
• Learn that learning never ends, and why
• Learn the importance of being decisive and proactive