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

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While larger businesses have the luxury of budgets and resources to meet this challenge, it's the small and midsized businesses that now have a tremendous opportunity to level the playing field, leapfrog the expensive, outdated approaches of the past, and attack the challenge of execution in a revolutionary way. The key insights are:

Excellence is the enduring pursuit of balanced strategy and execution Planning and executing, while at the same time dealing with the inevitable surprises, is the biggest challenge in business Overcoming this challenge is what we mean by solving the one problem that makes all others easier Failing to solve the problem destines your organization to a reactive, fire-fighting future.

Based on breakthrough research, field testing and proven best-practices, the thought-leading vision described by Gary Harpst in Six Disciplines® Execution Revolution sets a new course for how small and midsized businesses can finally confront the never-ending challenge of executing strategy.

As a follow-up to the success of Six Disciplines for Excellence, Harpst's new book, Six Disciplines® Execution Revolution, details the elements of a complete strategy execution program, clarifies how it could only have happened now, and explains why such a program will soon become a mainstream requirement for your business.

What Customers Say About Six Disciplines® Execution Revolution: Solving the One Business Problem That Makes Solving All Other Problems Easier:

I found the book to speak plainly about the problems that the vast majority of organizations face. The book also gives practical solutions within the reach of any organization unless said organization's leaders are ruled by their hubris.

But readers should know that I asked Harpst to do that only after being wowed by what I read in Execution Revolution.As a consultant and trainer for middle and senior managers, I've seen shiny, polished companies and also those that are obviously spilling over with chaos to even the most casual observer. Many companies reach what they define as excellence, but then fall out of it, usually floating back and forth between strategy and execution. Gary Harpst's Six Disciplines Execution Revolution was the book I recommended most to my clients last year. If that describes your company (and chances are it does), you will be impressed with Harpst's down-to-earth, practical, and very workable solutions. insanely low for a phenomenally valuable book. But I've found that even the shiny, polished ones operate with a lot of commotion and chaos right below the surface. Second, Harpst emphasizes the need for a balance between execution and strategy, and never have I seen the problem and the solutions explained so well.Using clear instructions with easy-to-understand examples, Harpst shows that achieving excellence is not enough.

He makes it extremely easy for managers and leaders to understand their situation, and then what to do to create enduring excellence. In the interest of full disclosure, Gary Harpst wrote the foreword for my recent book, Creating Passion-Driven Teams. For years I have worked with companies to achieve better balance, but Harpst really puts his finger on it. Companies spend (or waste) a lot of energy bouncing from urgency to urgency, trying to find balance. First, his content is aimed directly at small and mid-sized companies - the majority of businesses out there. Also, the book has well-thought out diagrams that help readers "see" what to do.What's more, this is a hardcover book with a phenomenally low list price. If you read only one book this year to improve your business, this should be it.

But, it's good to know I have a resource I can open to get ideas and inspiration when I need it.I also recommend Six Disciplines for Excellence: Building Small Businesses That Learn, Lead and Last, Harpst's first book. Our employee survey improved 30% this year because we have a clear plan.

They've helped me better understand the mind of a business leader and clarify values that are important for success. I've read many of the best-selling business books.

Harpst's six disciplines have helped me get my arms around what's really important (and it wasn't what I though it was) and align the team behind those goals. I value them for that.I run a small PR firm.

Six Disciplines Execution Revolution is the first book that has help me understand what I need to do to succeed as a small business owner. Admittedly, I have to work every day on the execution part.

It's much more the cookbook for connecting strategy to what employees do every day.

The biggest "ah-ha" moment comes early and is repeated often. My business can execute big and small project plans month after month without the pain in the rear fire drills I thought were unavoidable. This book taught me I can't eliminate problems cropping up my business, but that I can conquer them and still get all the projects done I need get done to move forward. It's was a nice uplift for me and I had an easy time understanding the methodology.

"Execution Revolution" should be a must-read book for any serious CEO. The main message in Gary Harpst's new book, "Six Disciplines Execution Revolution" is for business owners to understand there is a world of difference between "building widgets" and "building a business that builds widgets." Research shows over and over that 80% of all strategies fail to get fully implemented. That's a disturbing statistic for any business owner. It should sit right beside Jim Collins, "Good to Great" and "Built to Last" because it is in the same league. Managing Execution is critical in today's environment because a great strategy means nothing if it's not executed.