On January 2nd, I wrote about the importance of execution, juxtaposing the notion against the many posts talking about New Year's resolutions. In my post, I recommended reading Execution: The Discipline Of Getting Things Done, noting that Tom Peters had recommended the book on his blog. Tom has now posted about his favorite "biz book" for 2005. Here is what he had to say:
" My choice as my favorite Biz Book of 2005 is Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, by Larry Bossidy (& Ram Charan). Fact is, it's a 2002 book, but I just read it word-by-word this year as I prepared to do a gig with Bossidy. Amazingly it is, as I see it, the 1st & only book wholly devoted to "getting things done," and the 1st and only book that suggests the there is a describable, "systematic" "discipline" (and "culture") of getting things done. I'm doing a seminar on change in a few weeks, and when the Client asked me for a pre-reading assignment I bypassed my books and recommended Bossidy/Execution."
If you click now, you can be reading this book by Monday. It's worth paying for expedited delivery. All the great ideas in the world don't amount to a hill of beans if the rubber doesn't hit the road. (I think we should have a contest to see who can mix the most metaphors in a single sentence.) Seriously, if Tom Peters says its so, its at least worth reading.
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