Execution As Attitude - Abstract

EXECUTION AS ATTITUDE
Lawrence A. Bossidy
The Leigh Advisor, Summer 2002.

Larry Bossidy, a highly regarded and proven CEO, shares how he turned Honeywell (now AlliedSignal) around, from the midst of chaos to a $24 billion, customer-oriented powerhouse. The key was successful focus and execution, starting from the top.

Larry says, there is a lot of talk about organizational change. However, the only way to implement fundamental change in an organization is to instill an “execution discipline.”

Larry and his team set out to transform the company's culture. They focused on executing the plans as flawlessly as possible, instilling accountability at every level of the organization and establishing metrics to measure our progress.

It is about getting the job done, to be sure, but with a broad systematic view - one that integrates the mission objective with the tools, the metrics, the people, and the processes that will get you there.