A cigar with David, discussing strategy
I was having a cigar with my friend David Sasnett and we were talking about the importance of Leaders understanding the balance between planning and execution, between creating a strategy and driving action plans to get things done.
"How many times have you seen a manager work on and on to refine the strategy, to create that superior strategy, always refining it?" he asked me.
Truth is, there is always a superior theoretical way to get something done, but at some point you have to shut down the planning and start executing the plan.
And all too often the execution fails, or is delayed ... and results are compromised.
Remember... "a Grade A execution of a grade B plan beats grade B execution of a grade A plan."
"How many times have you seen a manager work on and on to refine the strategy, to create that superior strategy, always refining it?" he asked me.
Truth is, there is always a superior theoretical way to get something done, but at some point you have to shut down the planning and start executing the plan.
And all too often the execution fails, or is delayed ... and results are compromised.
Remember... "a Grade A execution of a grade B plan beats grade B execution of a grade A plan."
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