Freedom at last!

Finally done with my midterms and I feel so elated right now. Now I can get back to the basics. It's been tough and annoying not having the time to work on OrgFlo because I've been so heavily engaged in studying. What a nightmare! It's over now, however and development in proper can finally resume!

I'm currently reading "Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done" co-authored by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan (who also wrote "Profitable Growth Is Everyone's Business" among others [highly recommended]). It's a very insightful book so far that I would recommend to anyone who is currently a leader or thinking of going into a leadership position in the future. It's catered to CEOs but the leadership ideas are the same no matter at what level you exercise your leadership.

The gist of the book is that a good leader is one who doesn't just automatically sign off on a plan of action. He must go through the plan to the very deepest depths, through the entire process of implementation and make sure it will work from the planning stage all the way through the launch and support. If there's a snare, find out what it is and rework the plan. If there aren't any viable alternatives to see the plan through, scrap it and move on. This is the process of execution. For the execution phase is the one most often neglected and leads to the squander of valuable time and resources.

A good leader knows his business through and through. He has his entire heart and soul invested in it. This is the only way you can lead a business (or team) effectively. They have to know that you are invested and care about what you and they are doing.

Jack Welch was such a man that possessed these traits. He lead GE into an era of unprecedented capital growth. He knew what he was doing. He was an executor.

Well, that's about enough for now. I'll have a more thorough review on the book at a later time. Also working on a review of "Pragmatic Thinking and Learning" by Andy Hunt which will be posted presently.

Thanks for reading!