The 4 Disciplines of Execution

Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals

By: Sean Covey

Narrated by: Sean Covey

Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

An insightful new work from the multimillion-copy best-selling author Sean Covey and the FranklinCovey organization, based on their work with hundreds of thousands of employees and large companies. It unveils the essential disciplines proven to help businesses and individuals realize their most important goals.

A publishing phenomenon, Sean Covey and the FranklinCovey organization have become one of the most respected brands in the highly competitive world of thought leadership in business. In his latest work, Covey lays out an unprecedented plan for goal-realization that will revolutionize the way we approach our dreams.

The 4 Disciplines of Execution provides a simple, proven formula for achieving the goals that every individual or organization needs to reach. From Marriott to the U.S. Navy, Covey and his team have worked with more than 200,000 people in hundreds of organizations to improve performance, identifying and honing four secrets of perfect execution:

• Focus on the Wildly Important
• Act on the Lead Measures
• Keep a Compelling Scoreboard
• Create a Cadence of Accountability

By allowing teams to separate those urgent tasks that demand attention merely to keep a company alive—called the “whirlwind”—from new, “wildly important” goals that promise to break new ground, these disciplines empower leaders to accomplish what is by far the most difficult aspect of creating results: executing a strategy that requires a change in behavior. Simply put, this is a work that no business, however small or large, can afford to pass up.

Download the accompanying reference guide.

©2012 FranklinCovey Co. (P)2012 Simon & Schuster

Good Book for influencing teams

What made the experience of listening to The 4 Disciplines of Execution the most enjoyable?

Good book and easy to understand.

What other book might you compare The 4 Disciplines of Execution to and why?

It is easy to understand and follow, very much like all of the Covey books.

What about Sean Covey’s performance did you like?

He was easy to listen to and to follow

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

How to make your business sucessful

Any additional comments?

no

Finding your WIG!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, I would recommend the book to a friend.

What about Sean Covey’s performance did you like?

The book was told with great tonality and emotion that nothing was lost in the content.

Critical tools for leaders driving resutls!

Any additional comments?

Takes the topic beyond philosophy. Actually provides tools that can be quickly and easily implemented. System will focus teams throughout an organization to be high achievers.

FAVORITE PART OF THE BOOK

Listening to Weekly session was helpful. I especially got value out of the example of how to handle when a team member has not fulfilled their commitment.

Great Read!

Principles are fantastic

I loved the simplicity of the principles and the playbook the authors provided for executing them to achieving our goals - thanks!

Excellent actual work!

For strategic planners, frustrated with the difficulties inherent in executing or implementing your best laid plans this book is not a must-read; it's a MUST DO.

Best execution book available

Fantastic book, highly applicable to entrepreneurship with the power to truly impact execution and results.

Great Book for getting your act together personall

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Making sense of your chaos

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

plenty long

Which character – as performed by Sean Covey – was your favorite?

na

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

na

Any additional comments?

Could have been cut down to about 1/3 the length as the core concepts, then give real-life examples as separate reference.

Another Great Covey book!

Where does The 4 Disciplines of Execution rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I found this to be a great expansion on the topic of execution (from the previous workshop recording).

What did you like best about this story?

Great use of examples

What about Sean Covey’s performance did you like?

Excellent presenter.

worth reading again and again

really appreciate the simplistic approach. to establishing and achieving those goals. looking forward to implementing this week.