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The 4 Disciplines of Execution

Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals

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The 4 Disciplines of Execution

By: Sean Covey, Chris McChesney, Jim Huling
Narrated by: Sean Covey, Chris McChesney, Jim Huling
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 An insightful new work from the multimillion-copy bestselling author Sean Covey and the FranklinCovey organization based on their work with hundreds of thousands of employees and large companies to unveil the essential disciplines proven to help businesses and individuals realize their most important goals.

A publishing phenomenon, Sean Covey and the FranklinCovey organization have become one of the most respected brands in the highly competitive world of thought leadership in business. In his latest work, Covey lays out an unprecedented plan for goal-realization that will revolutionize the way we approach our dreams.

The 4 Disciplines of Execution provides a simple, proven formula for achieving the goals that every individual or organization needs to reach. From Marriott to the U.S. Navy, Covey and his team have worked with more than 200,000 people in hundreds of organizations to improve performance, identifying and honing four secrets of perfect execution: Focus on the Wildly Important; Act on the Lead Measures; Keep a Compelling Scoreboard; and Create a Cadence of Accountability. By allowing teams to separate those urgent tasks that demand attention merely to keep a company alive—called the “whirlwind”—from new, “wildly important” goals that promise to break new ground, these disciplines empower leaders to accomplish what is by far the most difficult aspect of creating results: executing a strategy that requires a change in behavior. Simply put, this is a work that no business, however small or large, can afford to pass up. Career Success Forecasting & Strategic Planning Leadership Management Management & Leadership Personal Development Personal Success Business

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If you could sum up The 4 Disciplines of Execution in three words, what would they be?

Within 25 minutes this was hitting the nail on the head. WILDLEY IMPORTANT GOALS. Must read find out for yourself if you own a business it will help.

What other book might you compare The 4 Disciplines of Execution to, and why?

grant car done 10x your life.

What about Sean Covey’s performance did you like?

easy to follow, good speed.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

at my leisure.

pretty spectacular!

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I bought this as a number of leaders in my organisation recommend it and I wanted to be able to reference book concepts for discussion at work. The narration is engaging keeping me focused on the contents, even whilst listening on the commute. The actual content is not far removed from SMART goal setting with regular catch ups for accountability. The content stands on its own and of benefit to a new manager or one who hasn't had formal training. in that regards, the content is a bargain. However if you are familiar with coaching and smart, you may not gleam new information.

A well read guide.

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Great book setting out the simple steps to follow to move the needle on the strategic goals in business. Now to get head down out the whirlwind and make a change!

Stay out the whirlwind get important things done

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10x better than OKRs and similar to 12 week year

OKRs is very vague generic and high level!
4DX is the real deal!!!

I read it after reading Deep Work!!

Superb!!! Practical guide with examples and reflections

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