The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Revised and Updated

Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals

By: Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling, Scott Thele, Beverly Walker

Narrated by: Sean Covey, Chris McChesney, Jim Huling, Scott Thele

Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

For fans of Good to Great and The First 90 Days, The 4 Disciplines of Execution is the book “every leader should read” (Clayton Christensen, Professor, Harvard Business School, and author of The Innovator’s Dilemma) for creating lasting organizational change. A #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller with more than 500,000 copies sold, The 4 Disciplines of Execution will radically change your business.

4DX® is not theory. It is a proven set of practices that represents a new way of thinking essential to thriving in today’s competitive climate, making this 2nd edition a book that no business leader can afford to miss.

The 2nd Edition provides more than 30 percent new content, including insight on topics such as:

• How 4DX impacts leaders of leaders.
• The one metric that sustains execution for the long term.
• Three leadership mindsets required for strategic commitment.
• Utilizing technology for compelling executive scoreboards.

The 4 Disciplines of Execution are used by more than 100,000 teams around the world in business, government, and education, and are changing how teams and organizations achieve their most important goals.

The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) is a simple, repeatable, and proven formula for executing your most important strategic priorities in the midst of the whirlwind. By following the 4 Disciplines—Focus on the Wildly Important; Act on Lead Measures; Keep a Compelling Scoreboard; Create a Cadence of Accountability—leaders can produce breakthrough results, even when executing the strategy requires a significant change in behavior from their teams.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2021 Sean Covey, Chris McChesney, Jim Huling, and Scott Thele (P)2012, 2021 FranklinCovey Co. All rights reserved. (P)2021 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.

Looking forward to putting in use.

Great read - actionable takeaways. I started putting some principles in action as I read, but looking forward to recalibrating work life with this going forward.

Excellent Gide to getting your act together

After this book it is abundantly clear that the cult like feeling you get whenever some new approach comes along is a natural response to change. In reading and acting on the four disciplines you can remain agnostic and still benefit from the results. It is the utmost importance that you never confuse efforts with results. This is about results. Thank you to the Authors and everyone responsible for getting it published.

Well organized.

Audio version was slightly different than paperback, using more relatable phrasing for the practical usage of the information.

Excellent content, narration was awful

This is an excellent framework for organizational goal setting and management, and driving toward goals with a clear and effective methodology. I share pieces of this information to my customer organizations to help focus on success in delivery and product deployment.

The content is great but one of the narrators is absolutely insufferable. He chuckles through every other sentence making the listening experience so irritating I had a hard time getting through it. The other narrator was fine, but for the sake of the bad one I would rate performance 0 stars if I could. They should re-record this with a new narrator.

Interesting

So many topics covered here that I have contemplated for decades. this helped galvanize my thinking. the reference to the PDF was my one negative observation... perhaps it's impossible to avoid, but I consume audio because time is limited and audio+exercise = healthy mind & body. the PDF references make the equation somewhat challenging. Still a solid concept. Well done.

Good book.

Good program. I liked how it was broken into two sections for individuals and companies.

Who on Earth thought the fake laugh was good?

The weird affectation of half chuckling every three to five words is remarkably off-putting.

Great book HORRIBLE performance. Get new voices!!!

This info is important and useful but the audio makes me feel like I’m a boring lecture and fall asleep. The voices are monotone and writing and execution are their specialty not being an audible voice. Know your forte

Considerations when updating

These guidelines obviously work and have been hugely successful. It is my hope and prayer when the book is updated in the future, Mrs. Walker’s story is removed. While the things she said as a whole were true on paper, it wasn’t true in application. Fewer children didn’t die on her watch, they rewrote what “under protection” meant. I wish I would have listened to the original publication.

Game changing business book

Focus on what is most important is so key. Game changing if follow the plan.