For those who have read the ‘Little Red Book of Answers’ or heard me speak you will know that I often quote Ram Charan. I was lucky enough to meet him at the Telstra launch of Next IP.
Anyway AIM is bringing him to Australia. He is here on 18 June (Execution of Strategy) and 19 June (Leadership Pipeline) .
I like his message. No point having a plan if you don’t execute. This man is a big thinker who seems to engage people with the simplicity of his message. It’s one thing to have a plan it is another to execute it.
The quote I regularly use is “The motto of successful CEO’s is People First – Strategy Second”. Of course once you have the right people on the bus – execution is everything.
I think we are pretty good at creating a plan at RedBalloon. One of the challenges we face is not getting distracted along the way with other very tempting opportunities. I know my team get sick of me saying ‘Just deliver on the plan and it will all turn out’. I’m looking forward to hearing from Ram Charan first hand.
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