CHAPTER 10

Excellence in Execution

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Workplace Jazz Framework

No excuses. No explanation. You don’t win on emotion. You win on execution.

—Tony Dungy

Most leaders would agree that they’d be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution.

—Stephen Covey

This chapter will introduce you the key factors that enable effective execution of an organization’s priorities and how embracing the principle of continuous improvement enables the standard of excellence to be achieved.

According to the HBR article “Why Strategy Execution Unravels—and What to Do About It” by Donald Sull, Rebecca Homkes, and ...

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