June 2021
Beginner
488 pages
10h 7m
English
Content preview from Fundamentals of Level Three Leadership
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Concept
There are a lot of managers who don’t get much done. Part of the issue is tolerating unexamined reports. Effective executives are able to drill down, press for meaningful answers, dig into the realities, and as a result, they have better information about what’s going well and what isn’t.
“How to Conduct a Strategy Review,” Chapter 8 in Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan’s book, Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done,36 presents this focal point. The challenge in this kind of discussion is to get below the surface and down to the real issues. Managers ask their subordinates how are things going, and the answer that frequently comes back, “No problems, boss.” Whenever I hear “no problem,” I know/believe ...