Execution Plain and Simple: Twelve Steps to Achieving Any Goal on Time and On Budget

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Summary: A guidebook for the manager who must get things done
Review: Bob Neiman's book unravels the mysteries of how to make things happen in organizations. Any manager who has been tasked with a challenging assignment will find a generous helping of practical, useful advice in this book. Going beyond the technical dimension of project management, Execution Plain and Simple lays out a step by step approach that blasts through the psychological, interpersonal, and political obstacles that can sink even the best planned efforts. And the author shares his experience with simple, direct language and useful case examples. If you are responsible for getting something done - or you advise someone else who is - you will find this book extremely useful.

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Summary: Well worth it!
Review: This is the first book I've seen that actually helps .. all the others talk about execution and how important it is, but that's where they stop. This one is with you every step of the way, whether to improve day to day performance or make special projects succeed. In the back half of the book, it also help business leaders lead the effort to improve execution across their organizations. Nice work Bob!

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Summary: Zest as a decisive element in successful implementation
Review: To understand what has to be done is one thing. To mobilize an organization to implement is another, more complex task. The most productive and satisfying experiences for me and I expect most people have been those there the "zest factors" were prominent. Mr. Neiman has provided a disciplined way of thinking through how these conditions can be replicated in the more ordinary circumstances that over time spell the difference between success and failure in this competitive, intreguing world.