FC NOW: The Fast Company Weblog
January 23, 2007
8 Skills of People Who Perform
Ram Charan, a noted expert on business strategy and coauthor of Execution and the author of What the CEO Wants You to Know and many other books, has a new book out titled, Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform From Those Who Don't. In a section of the book, "Judgment and Strength of a Leader," Charan says:
"The greatest psychological challenge in setting and acting on priorities has to do with resource allocation. Whether in a group meeting or through conventional budgeting and capital approval processes, you have to demonstrate judgment and courage in making resource allocation decisions that reflect your business priorities and in following through to ensure that the things that should be happening in fact are. You have to do the analytic work to separate out the facts and assess the opportunities and risks, but you also need to call upon your inner strength and judgment."
View our slideshow, "8 Skills Of People Who Perform," and learn what skills good leaders possess.
Posted by Lynne d Johnson at January 23, 2007 12:17 PM | Category: leadership |
4 Comments
ADVERTISEMENT
FC NOW MENU
NEWSLETTERS
FC NOW CATEGORIES
FC READS
kudos to a lost cause. I find these books to be a valiant effort to other than the choir. To whit, whose listening? The choir at enron, Adelphia, the old crooks that filled the front pages of WSJ during the accounting "adjustment" phases of our economic shame?
In short, anybody who needs it won't read it, and anybody who reads it won't get there to use it. It will sell alot of books in HR tho, and the Masters grads can quote it in their interviews.
A fantastic read...lot's of practical insights.
Perhaps someone could recommend a good book on remedial English for Roger and Eric?
I think Roger teaches English.