The Economic Acceleration Tour Rolls Into San Antonio
Why is it that every business – even the best ones - struggle so much to sustain growth and profitability? Why is that only 3% of businesses drive the overwhelming majority of economic growth and job creation in any given community? Why does it have to be only 3%? Can’t we do any better? Perhaps more importantly, what are we going to do about accelerating growth for the other 97% of businesses?
Well, these are the issues that frustrate CEO and best-selling author, Gary Harpst, but he has a plan, and wants to share it with you.
That’s why he's continuing his 50-city speaking tour “ Economic Acceleration: Breaking the 3% Speed Limit”, sponsored by Six Disciplines, in San Antonio, Texas on January 28th at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio, from 7:30 a.m - 11:00 a.m.
Consider these facts about San Antonio:
- San Antonio ranks 36th in the nation among large metropolitan areas for its number of “high-impact” companies, those that produce both significant revenue growth and expanding employment.
- Yet only 3% (2.13 percent) or 1,687 of San Antonio's 79,232 businesses are considered to be high-impact.
- On average, it takes a company almost 20 years to enter this high-impact stage.
- Yet, three out of four companies cease to be high-impact after just four years.
On January 28, Gary will be sharing this new vision and a specific plan for accelerating the economic development equation with business and community leaders in San Antonio. In attendance at the San Antonio Economic Acceleration event will be CEOs of small and midsized businesses, chamber of commerce executives, economic development executives, civic leaders, business incubator professionals, college and university business program chairs and faculty, quality program professionals, venture capitalists, private equity and angel investors, business coaches, management consultants, and professional service firm partners. To review the agenda and to register for this event, visit: www.GaryHarpst.com/Tour/SanAntonio.  The Economic Acceleration Tour Comes To Austin
Why is it that every business – even the best ones - struggle so much to sustain growth and profitability? Why is that only 3% of businesses drive the overwhelming majority of economic growth and job creation in any given community? Why does it have to be only 3%? Can’t we do any better? Perhaps more importantly, what are we going to do about accelerating growth for the other 97% of businesses?
Well, these are the issues that frustrate CEO and best-selling author, Gary Harpst, but he has a plan, and wants to share it with you.
That’s why he's continuing his 50-city speaking tour “ Economic Acceleration: Breaking the 3% Speed Limit”, sponsored by Six Disciplines, in Austin, Texas on January 27th at the Hyatt Regency Austin, from 7:30 a.m - 11:00 a.m.
Consider these facts about Austin:
- Columbus ranks 26th in the nation among large metropolitan areas for its number of “high-impact” companies, those that produce both significant revenue growth and expanding employment.
- Yet only 3% (2.2 percent) or 2,048 of Austin's 90,720 businesses are considered to be high-impact.
- On average, it takes a company almost 20 years to enter this high-impact stage.
- Yet, three out of four companies cease to be high-impact after just four years.
On January 27, Gary will be sharing this new vision and a specific plan for accelerating the economic development equation with business and community leaders in Austin. In attendance at the Austin Economic Acceleration event will be CEOs of small and midsized businesses, chamber of commerce executives, economic development executives, civic leaders, business incubator professionals, college and university business program chairs and faculty, quality program professionals, venture capitalists, private equity and angel investors, business coaches, management consultants, and professional service firm partners. To review the agenda and to register for this event, visit: www.GaryHarpst.com/Tour/Austin.  2008 Best Business Books - Reader's ChoiceAnita Campbell, editor-in-chief at Small Business Trends, recently asked for input into the top business books for 2008.
She polled people on the social media site Twitter, and chose 10 responses.
The Smallbiztrends Readers’ Choice Nominees for 10 Best Business Books, 2008 edition, includes Six Disciplines Execution Revolution by Gary Harpst. Stability - A Top Hot Investment Trend for 2009One of the top three hot trends for investors in 2009?
According to this investment specialist: inflation, food, and ....stability.
Stability. Companies able to deliver solid revenue and earnings at or maybe even a little above expectations are rare as hens' teeth at this stage of the recession. Companies with those kinds of results are also in a position to use the current global slowdown to attack weaker competitors, buy market share and aggressively develop new products. That's a combination investors particularly prize in the current uncertainty.
BOTTOMLINE: How can you help to ensure the stability of your organization? By balancing both strategy formulation and strategy execution. It's what Six Disciplines is all about. Why Is Change So Hard - Part IV"For most of us, the New Year is synonymous with change. We use today as a benchmark to usher in a list of lofty resolutions. Pay off debt. Spend less. Work out. Lose weight.
Yet most of us fail, petering out after only a few days or, at best, weeks."
Here at Be Excellent, we focus on business and organizational goals. For those of you wanting to bring it home more personally, I offer up this link to a Boston Globe article about why personal change is so hard.
BOTTOMLINE: I also suggest that you take a look at the many other blog posts here at Be Excellent on "why change is so hard" - just use the handy search box at the top left! A Resolution For Better Plan Execution in 2009Kenneth Dodd, a marketing consultant and contributor for The California North County Times, offers his views on "A New Resolution For Better Plan Execution."
His premise:
- Every year, we gather our thoughts and consider resolutions for the coming year.
- No matter the goal, it requires us to formulate a strategy that helps us to achieve our desired results. And here lies the problem.
- Formulating strategy is one thing. Executing it is another.
- The simple truth is most of us are trained to plan, not to execute. Execution is all too often learned in the "school of hard knocks."
For any business caring about its brand's promise, becoming better versed in the ways of plan execution is a must. In fact, place it high on this coming New Year's resolution list. Do so and you gain a tremendous competitive advantage over your competitors who continue to ignore its importance. BOTTOMLINE: "When developing your New Year's resolutions begin by establishing a strategy execution model as goal No. 1. Do so and you will have taken an important first step in making your upcoming planned strategies work as needed. How you execute your planned strategies is a key to strategy success. Clarify each and every step of an execution plan with your employees. As you examine your current approach to implementing your plans, you will discover much of the difficulty of execution is due to the obstacles or impediments to it. These may include the requisite time frames needed for execution; involvement of various people in the process; poorly defined or vague strategy; conflicts in the organization or unclear responsibility and accountability."  Economic Acceleration Tour Continues In TexasSix Disciplines, sponsor of the 50-city "Economic Acceleration: Breaking The 3% Speed Limit" speaking tour, has announced that best-selling author Gary Harpst will continue to spread his positive economic acceleration news during 2009 - this time, in Texas.
On January 27, Gary will be visiting Austin, TX at the Hyatt Regency Austin, and on January 28, he will be bringing the speaking tour to San Antonio, at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio.
"Only 3 percent of Austin's and San Antonio's businesses are considered to be high-impact. Why does it only have to be 3 percent? More importantly, what are we going to do to accelerate growth for the other 97 percent of businesses? That's specifically what I'll be revealing during the Economic Acceleration events on January 27 and 28," said Harpst.
The Economic Acceleration Tour continues in February, as Harpst will be speaking in Dallas and Houston.
For a detailed agenda and registration intructions, visit www.GaryHarpst.com/tour/. Top 10 Books for 2008 from ASTD2008 was a great year for books on business, management, and learning. Here are 10 that made the ASTD's (American Society for Training and Development) T+D readers’ lists over the last 12 months. Among them? Six Disciplines Execution Revolution by Gary Harpst.  CEOs: Time To Rethink Your StrategyThe December issue of Strategy+Business includes an article, "Rethink Your Strategy: An Urgent Memo to the CEO."
According to the memo, your first objective is to become as strong as possible, as fast as possible, with these five main lines of action.
- Focus on your future.
- Prepare to weather the storm.
- Anticipate the future industry structure.
- Resolve your game plan.
- Prepare to take intelligent risks.
BOTTOMLINE: "The current economy will not get better immediately. We are in for more rough seas. But we are also entering a period during which the value of being able to act strategically and decisively for the long term will increase enormously. Preparing for this moment of opportunity is of paramount importance for your businesses’ position for years to come."  Best Business Book of 2008 According to an article published in Management-Issues, Dan Bobinski, CEO of the Center for Workplace Excellence, has released his annual recommendations for best business books.
Excerpt of Dan's review:
"If you are a business leader or if you run a business unit, you will be impressed with Gary Harpst's down-to-earth, practical, and very workable solutions. This book is number one on my list for several reasons. First, it's aimed directly at small and mid-sized companies - the majority of businesses. Second, Harpst emphasizes the need for a balance between execution and strategy, and never have I seen it explained so well.
Using clear instructions with easy-to-understand examples, Harpst shows that achieving excellence is not enough. Many companies reach what they define as excellence, but then fall out of it, usually floating back and forth between strategy and execution. Harpst explains how to avoid that and create enduring excellence. Also, the book has well-thought out diagrams that help readers "see" what to do."
Read the entire review here. Executing Strategy, Risk Management Top PrioritiesAccording to research from The Conference Board, while executing their corporate strategy effectively is still a priority, the key concerns these days for CEOs are managing and securing finance, maintaining confidence and risk management.
While "excellence of execution" remained as the top challenge for the second year in a row, nearly half of the executives said they were now most concerned about speed, flexibility and adaptability to change.
Top Five CEO Challenges Due to Financial Crisis
Excellence in execution Consistent execution of strategy by top management Speed, flexibility, adaptability to change Global economic performance Financial risk, including liquidity, volatility, and credit risk
Source: CEO Challenge 2008: Top 10 Challenges--Financial Crisis Edition (Conference Board.Org)
According to the report, "business leaders across the globe are focusing more urgently on execution and immediate bottom-line issues, and leaving the people management systems built up during the tight labor market of the past five years to operate how they are intended." A Christmas Offer - From Six Disciplines PublishingIf you're a regular visitor to Be Excellent, you're familiar with Six Disciplines. Now, we’ve got a great holiday gift idea for you. Both of Gary’s books, Six Disciplines for Excellence, and his newest best-selling book, Six Disciplines Execution Revolution, are now available on Audio CD - exclusively at Six Disciplines Publishing. Audio books make the perfect holiday gifts -- for the busy business people in your life. During the month of December, we’re offering a 25% discount on all purchases of Six Disciplines books, including the new audio books. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS WELCOME! To get your 25% discount, visit www.SixDisciplinesPublishing.com, and use the coupon code “GIVE” when checking out. Best Wishes for the Holiday Season, from the staff at Six Disciplines Publishing!  Start 2009 Off Right - With Six Disciplines
2009 - another new year awaits us all. What will the new year bring in terms of your business? What will you do differently in 2009 to ensure success?
Think of these six disciplines as a series of annual, quarterly, weekly and daily repeatable cycles which, with each successive pass, helps leaders and their teams to more effectively execute in their pursuit of enduring excellence. Six disciplines are all it takes—but leaders and their companies must stick with them. Change initiatives generally don’t last, especially in small and mid-sized companies.
At Six Disciplines, we begin "at the end" - with the sixth discipline: Step Back
Discipline VI. Step Back. This annual discipline helps leaders step back from the pressures of everyday business and gain perspective on the factors that affect business performance. This is achieved through a series of “discovery exercises,” exploring externals (competitors, industry, economic) and internals (goal performance, stakeholder feedback, measures, SWOT.) In addition to leaders stepping back, all team members are encouraged to do the same by providing input on each other’s performances, which is achieved by completing a 360° feedback survey and an annual performance appraisal.
Next we move to Discipline I. Decide What's Important
Discipline I. Decide What's Important. Decide what’s important (and by implication what’s not important) so you can aim the allocation of resources—time, money and creativity—toward this end. In this annual discipline, leaders systematically and regularly review and renew their mission, values, strategic position, vision, their most vital few objectives—and agree what to stop doing.
Then on to Discipline II. Set Goals That Lead
Discipline II. Set Goals That Lead. Set goals that lead. Well-defined goals are among the most effective tools available to any leader—yet most leaders don’t set goals that lead their people in the right direction. The purpose of this discipline is to produce clear and measurable annual goals. Pursuing these goals will lead people to align their daily activities with the vital few objectives set in the strategy. The result is a brief goals statement that every team member can understand and support in their daily activities
Then to Discipline III. Align Systems
Discipline III. Align Systems. The systems—policies, processes, technologies, measures, and people—are often at cross purposes with the stated priorities because most leaders lack an organized approach to keep their systems aligned with their strategy. This discipline taps the knowledge of the entire workforce to identify the areas where the company will get the best ROI in policies, processes, measures, technologies and people.
Then on to Discipline IV. Work the Plan.
Discipline IV. Work the Plan. One of the best learning tools is the individual quarterly plan. In this discipline, every person works with his/her team leader to develop Individual Plans for the coming quarter. These goals are reviewed and checked for alignment with company goals. This quarterly plan serves as a timesaving template for a weekly status report. Every individual learns how to set goals, understands company priorities, takes responsibility for their goals, learns to become accountable, reports progress, and uses their innovative capabilities to solve problems.
And practice Discipline V. Innovate Purposefully
Discipline V. Innovate Purposefully. Innovation means problem-solving, and everyone has the ability to solve problems. This discipline provides principles and measurement tools that are used in the other disciplines to help leaders set clear goals and align daily activities to meet them. These goals should align with company priorities, and employees should use their innate creativity to meet or beat those goals.
Then we cycle back to Discipline VI, and begin the process over again, year after year.
 The Truth About ProductivityAccording to research published in Forbes Magazine:
"The real key to productivity--and thus performance--is not maximizing it at all costs. It is maintaining a level of consistency."
Haig Nalbantian, labor economist at Mercer HR Consulting found:
"It wasn't the companies with the highest productivity that were most profitable. It was those companies that consistently maintained their productivity that built the most value."
In other words, "great businesses can't crank through a job at record pace this month only to fall down on the next. Options traders may love volatility, but customers, vendors and shareholders decidedly do not."
Volatility is an indication of ability to manage (or mismanage). It is another way to view risk.
Higher productivity essentially acts like an intangible asset that carries significant market value.
Put another way, companies that maintain a decent level of productivity are rewarded more than those that hit higher highs but can't sustain them.
Says Nalbantian: "Companies get obsessed on reaching a level of productivity, when they should really be focusing on how they're going to sustain that level."
BOTTOMLINE: Consistency, predictability, a strong balance of strong strategy and strong execution - these are what produces the firms with the most value.
For more examples of how to increase value, read Chapter 11: Making Solving All Other Problems Easier" - from Six Disciplines Execution Revolution, by best-selling author and strategy execution expert, Gary Harpst. North Carolina CEOs Remain Confident & FocusedOn October 29, best-selling author, serial entrepreneur, strategy execution expert and CEO Gary Harpst spoke at a Six Disciplines North Carolina event in the Research Triangle Park area to local business owners and chief executives.
After Gary’s presentation, Six Disciplines North Carolina surveyed this elite group of executives about the business climate and their plans for the upcoming year. To summarize, business owners were generally upbeat despite the economic situation. Most expect revenues this year to be higher than last, and they project that 2009 revenues will top those of 2008. More than 50 percent expect to add employees in 2009.
Below are the results from the survey:
1. How will your 2008 revenues (this fiscal year) compare to 2007?
36 percent said lower, and 64 percent said higher.
2. How do you expect 2009 revenues to compare with 2008?
36 percent said lower, and 64 percent said higher.
3. How will your employment change in 2009?
7 percent expected lower employment, 36 percent said about the same, and 57 percent said higher.
4. What will be your organization's top priorities for 2009?
(Respondents were asked to check all that apply.)
- 64 percent responded sustainable execution (improving team capability)
- 57 percent responded top line growth (investing in sales and/or marketing)
- 36 percent responded profitability/cost reduction commensurate with expected sales
- 14 percent responded stabilization of the organization (hunker down; avoid big risks)
5. Which of the following topics would be of most value to you in Q1 2009? (Respondents were asked to check all that apply.)
- 79 percent responded enhancing execution and performance
- 43 percent responded effective strategic planning
- 36 percent responded mining the customer's unspoken needs
- 14 percent chose stimulating and focusing on innovation
- 14 percent said marketing in a down economy
- 14 percent selected succession planning
For additional insights from this survey, contact Craig Landwehr, Managing Partner of Six Disciplines North Carolina.  Annual Performance Reviews? Try Once A WeekIntegrated Project Management, a Burr Ridge, Ill., project-management firm with 80 employees takes a unique approach to employee reviews. Instead of just banging out written reviews once a year, managers sit down with each direct report individually every week to discuss performance and how the employee can improve. In this Wall Street Journal interview, Integrated Project Management's Chief Executive Richard Panico talks about what makes the company’s review process special.
Actually, the practice is more common than it might appear.
In the award-winning book, Six Disciplines for Excellence, a step in Discipline IV. Work The Plan is called "Review Individual Plans (IPs) Weekly."
This step in the Six Disciplines methodology is designed to encourage every team member AND team leader to review progress toward quarterly goals on a regular basis, preferably weekly.
This process (a standard templated report that takes less than 15 minutes to complete, and reviewed in 5 minutes) makes it clear whether the team member us focusing their daily activities on the agreed-upon goals.
This process leads to much better communication and understanding, and perhaps most importantly, identifies problems/errors early, reduces risk and increases alignment. The Impact of Organizational CoachingExecutive coaching has become as accepted in Fortune 1000 busineses as sports coaching is on the athletic field.
What is the ROI of executive coaching?
- Manchester Inc. reported that a survey of executives from large (mostly FORTUNE 1000) companies found that those who had participated in a coaching program characterized the ROI to be in the order of 6:1.
- In other words, a coaching program that cost $15,000 for six months would translate into $90,000 in cost savings for the organization.
- This research was cited by Fortune Magazine as representing strong confirmatory evidence supporting the effectiveness of executive coaching
The conundrum is this: executive coaching typically focuses on a thin layer of senior management. And while the ROI seems strong, what about the rest of the organization?
While I'm not suggesting that every employee be assigned an executive coach, a greater ROI can be achieved when "organizational coaching" is applied to unlock the potential of improved performance of every person in the organization.
I'm not referring to the fluffy stuff here. I'm talking about the kind of organizational coaching that provides much more impact on the ENTIRE organziation's ability to improve performance. These are the core competencies of learning, growing organizations:
- formulating strategy
- developing goals that can lead an organization
- creating initiatives and projects that support the goals
- assigning dates, deadlines, measures and accountability
- developing activity plans and monitoring progress
- cultivating innovation
- learning how to continually improve performance
Executive coaching has much to offer. Organizational coaching, however, is where real change occurs, and where the return on investment is the greatest. Six Myths of Strategic Business PlanningEric Kurjan, President of Six Disciplines - The Ohio Group, offers this article in the Toledo Free Press, entitled "Myths of Strategic Business Planning".
Myth No. 1: “We’re too small of an organization to need strategic planning.”
Myth No. 2: “Strategic planning should only be done once a year.”
Myth No. 3: “We don’t need a strategic plan! Plans are too restrictive; we are entrepreneurial!” Myth No. 4: “We can do it ourselves — without any help.”
Myth No. 5: “Strategic planning interferes with our real jobs; we don’t have time.”
Myth No. 6: “Strategic planning is done when the retreat is over.”
Read the entire article here. Gaebler Ventures Interviews CEO Gary HarpstGaebler Ventures, a Chicago-based partnership that has invested in companies since 1999 and has established numerous innovative and market-leading enterprises, is a business incubator and holding company that develops and nurtures companies that are shaping the future.
To assist budding entrepreneurs, Gaebler interviews successful entrepreneurs and posts dozens of their stories here.
Recently, Gaebler interviewed serial entrepreneur and best-selling author Gary Harpst. You can read their interview, "Starting a Business Strategy Firm" here. The Economic Acceleration Tour Comes to ColumbusWhy is it that every business – even the best ones - struggle so much to sustain growth and profitability?
Why is that only 3% of businesses drive the overwhelming majority of economic growth and job creation in any given community? Why does it have to be only 3%? Can’t we do any better?
Perhaps more importantly, what are we going to do about accelerating growth for the other 97% of businesses?
Well, these issues frustrate CEO and best-selling author, Gary Harpst, but he has a plan, and wants to share it with you.
That’s why he's kicking off the 50-city “Economic Acceleration Tour: Breaking the 3% Speed Limit”, sponsored by Six Disciplines, in Columbus on December 10, 2008 at the Hilton Columbus at Easton, from 8:00 – 10:30 AM. This event is co-sponsored by TechColumbus.Org.
Consider these facts about Columbus:
- Columbus ranks 7th in the nation among large metropolitan areas for its number of “high-impact” companies, those that produce both significant revenue growth and expanding employment.
- Yet only 3% (2.43 percent) of Columbus’ 82,810 businesses are considered to be high-impact.
- On average, it takes a company almost 20 years to enter this high-impact stage. Yet, three out of four companies cease to be high-impact after just four years.
On December 10, Gary will be sharing this new vision and a specific plan for changing the economic development equation with business and community leaders in the capital of his home state of Ohio. To register for this event, visit: www.GaryHarpst.com/Tour/Columbus. In attendance at the Columbus Economic Acceleration Tour event will be CEOs of small and midsized businesses, chamber of commerce executives, economic development executives, civic leaders, business incubator professionals, college and university business program chairs and faculty, quality program professionals, venture capitalists, private equity and angel investors, business coaches, management consultants, and professional service firm partners. You're also invited to join Gary at an intensive private workshop (after the event) where he'll be coaching a select group of Columbus CEOs on how to craft a powerful strategic position – one that produces breakthrough results. Gary personally guarantees the return you’ll get by attending this workshop, as many of our clients would testify. Hurry - space is limited to the first 7 participants! Register today at www.GaryHarpst.com/Tour/Columbus.  Gary Harpst Video - Explains Execution Revolution
Watch this short video of CEO and Six Disciplines founder Gary Harpst, as he briefly explains some of the concepts from his best-selling book Six Disciplines Execution Revolution ( a 2008 Top 10 book from Amazon).
 The Execution EconomyA while back, Rob May (formerly the BusinessPundit), referenced this piece at Bubble Generation on one of our favorite topics: execution.
The premise?
- He's not saying that strategy doesn't matter.
- He is simply pointing out that in the past, good strategic planning could separate the great companies from the weak ones, but that everyone has been doing it so long that strategic thinking is a skill most companies possess.
- That makes it difficult to say that your competitive advantage is a better strategy.
Rob's take: "Creativity certainly helps, and definitely matters in the current economy, but my experience has been that poor execution is the single biggest downfall of most companies." "It is just hard to get everyone to say what they mean, mean what they say, and do what they need to do. Speed of execution is more important, and distractions are more abundant, so as a result, execution is usually subpar." Rob adds: "I think lower barriers to entry, the commoditization of more things that once provided competitive advantage, and increased access to information are leading us into an execution economy where the winners will be the people that can get things done. I suspect that Michael Porter may be replaced by David Allen as the guru of the next decade." BOTTOMLINE: Strategy is important (Porter) as is Execution/Getting Things Done (Allen). But perhaps the pursuit of business excellence may be approach to tie together the best of "doing the right things" and "doing things right."  Six Disciplines Showcased in Entrepreneur Magazine
The article ends with Kurjan saying he has no regrets about his decision: "There is nothing more rewarding than to be sitting across the desk from my CEO client, and he or she looks me in the eye and says, 'You have made a difference in our business.' That is the best paycheck of the day."  CEO Gary Harpst Named To “Excellence 100” Top Thought Leaders List
CEO, strategy execution expert, and best-selling author Gary Harpst was recently named to the “Excellence 100” top thought leaders list by Leadership Excellence magazine. The publication, with a readership of over 250,000, has ranked the top thought leaders in management and leadership for the past 25 years. The entire list of the top 100 thought leaders can be found at http://www.eep.com/Merchant/newsite/best_100.html. “Those who make our Excellence 100 list possess a rare combination of traits and abilities,” says Ken Shelton, founding editor of Leadership Excellence. “They display both depth and breadth, local and global awareness, conceptual originality and practical experience with application, implementation and execution.” The annual ranking of thought leaders who make the Excellence 100 list today possess a rare combination of traits and abilities. Here are the eight criteria:
- Preparation: academic and professional.
- Character: values, ethics, beliefs, purpose, mission, integrity, walk the talk.
- Principles: big message, point of view, tenets, main points.
- Personality: charisma, style, originality, authenticity, one of a kind.
- Performance: inspiring action, real-world performance, work ethic.
- Experience: beyond local and regional, more national and international.
- Expression: substance and style in writing, speaking, coaching, consulting, mentoring, training, or teaching.
- Influence: difference, results, change, transformation.
Harpst recently launched a 50-city speaking engagement tour, entitled “Economic Acceleration Tour: Breaking The 3% Speed Barrier,” where he is sharing this new vision and a specific plan for changing the economic development equation among America’s top communities. The tour is sponsored by Six Disciplines. To learn more about the 50-city Economic Acceleration Tour, visit www.GaryHarpst.com/tour. The economic acceleration plan comes from Harpst’s newest book, Six Disciplines Execution Revolution: Solving the One Business Problem That Makes Solving All Other Problems Easier,which has been named a nationwide bestseller by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, and BusinessWeek, and was named a finalist in the Entrepreneurship & Small Business category of the National “Best Books” 2008 Awards by USABookNews.com. The book details the elements of a complete strategy execution program, clarifies why it could only have happened now, and explains why such a program will soon become a mainstream requirement for all successful businesses in the future.  Amazon's Best Business Books of 2008
Amazon recently released their "Best of 2008" top 10 lists for Business & Investing. This year, they put their editors' picks and the year-end bestsellers for each category on the same page together, so you can easily compare. Click on " Editors' Picks" to see the editors' list of the best business and investing books of 2008. And click on " Customer Favorites" to find the bestselling business and investing books at Amazon.com during 2008. 
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