5.6. TURNING IDEAS INTO ACTION

Here are several suggestions on how you can take some of the main ideas of this chapter and begin to implement them immediately. Some of them might work perfectly for you; others will need some adjustment and customization. Read them carefully, and start thinking about how you can make them work in your organization.

  1. Do a financial analysis of lost revenues and the opportunity cost that poor execution has on your business (for example, rework, missed deadlines, poor quality, lost customers, missed opportunities, holding up other departments). Post those numbers, and have a discussion throughout the organization about what the lack of disciplined execution is costing the entire business, and what everyone feels ...

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