Execution is the job of the business leader.

In its most fundamental sense, execution is a systematic way of exposing reality and acting on it. Most companies don't face reality very well. ... Realism is the heart of execution, but many organizations are full of people who are trying to avoid or shade reality. Why? It makes life uncomfortable.

Execution is the job of the business leader.

If you can't describe your strategy in twenty minutes, simply and in plain language, you haven't got a plan. 'But,' people may say, 'I've got a complex strategy. It can't be reduced to a page.' That's nonsense. That's not a complex strategy. It's a complex thought about the strategy.

Execution is the ability to mesh strategy with reality, align people with goals, and achieve the promised results.

Complexity has nothing to do with intelligence, simplicity does.

How people talk to each other absolutely determines how well the organization will function.