Execution Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan Execution is "the missing link between aspirations and results," and as such, making it happen is the business leader's most important job. Bossidy and Charan argue that the biggest obstacle to success is the absence of execution. They point out that without execution, breakthrough thinking on managing change breaks down, and they emphasize the fact that execution is a discipline to learn, not merely the tactical side of business. The authors describe the building blocks--leaders with the right behaviors, a culture that rewards execution, and a reliable system for having the right people in the right jobs--that need to be in place to manage the three core business processes of people, strategy, and operations. They also demonstrate the importance of being deeply and passionately engaged in an organization and why robust dialogues about people, strategy, and operations result in a business based on intellectual honesty and realism.         Leading Change John Kotter The essence of leadership is to bring about change but, in reality, most major change efforts in large organizations either fail to achieve expectations or fail outright. Kotter identifies the major errors and the transformational efforts, and then walks readers through the principles and practices of avoiding these pitfalls. We consider it one of the best books on leading change available.         Good to Great Jim Collins Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, "Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?" In Good to Great Collins, the author of Built to Last, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They finally settled on 11, and discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. Making the transition from good to great doesn't require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the heart of those rare and truly great companies was a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner.         The Fifth Discipline Peter Senge In the long run, the only sustainable source of competitive advantage is your organization’s ability to learn faster than its competition. Founder and Director of the Center for Organizational Learning at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, author Peter Senge has found a means of creating a “learning organization”. In The Fifth Discipline, he draws the blueprints for an organization where people expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning how to learn together. This book fuses these features into a coherent body of theory and practice, making the whole of an organization more effective than the sum of its parts.         The War for Talent Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones and Beth Axelrod Talent, as defined by the authors, is shorthand for a key employee who possesses "a sharp strategic mind, leadership ability, communications skills, the ability to attract and inspire people, entrepreneurial instincts, functional skills, and the ability to deliver results." It's also, they contend in The War for Talent, an overarching personnel characteristic that companies of all kinds will require throughout their organizations in order to survive the competitive recruiting era that we appear to be entering. After writing a 1997 McKinsey Quarterly article that uncovered a definitive connection between top performers and superior corporate achievement, the authors studied 13,000 executives in 27 companies to identify the programs and behaviors that help today's foremost firms attract and retain the best kinds of employees. The authors outline five common "imperatives" that they found these companies employed to strengthen their talent pools and construct a practical framework for making it happen in your company.         The Circle of Innovation Tom Peters In the 15 years since the original publication of In Search of Excellence, Tom Peters has become a recognized leading voice in management theory, urging large and small companies to thrive on chaos. In his most recent book, The Circle of Innovation, the consultant takes his ideas to the edge of the millennium. In the current chaotic business environment, Peters argues, constant innovation is the only guaranteed strategy for survival. The book is a blueprint for the flexible mindset necessary to become an innovator.

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