Better Business: Billingham's guide to taking action

Business consultant Steve Billingham says it is one thing to have a plan, but another thing entirely to carry it out effectively

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Business consultant Steve Billingham says it is one thing to have a plan, but another thing entirely to carry it out effectively

As Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan say in their co-authored book Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done: "Businesses don't fail for lack of good ideas; they fail for lack of ability to implement them." Poor execution or implementation is almost always the cause of change initiatives that fail to deliver the expected results. Execution is also about more than just implementation. It's about embedding change, so that it becomes part of business as usual; the way things are done here these days. When it comes to implementing change within any business, there are a few "pre require...

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