Larry Bossidy is one of the world's most acclaimed CEOs, with a track record for delivering results that has few peers. Ram Charan is a legendary advisor to senior executives and boards of directors, with unparalleled insight into why some companies are successful and others not. The result is the book people in business need today.

Leaders who create execution cultures focus on five key items:

1. They pick specific priorities for their businesses and set clear timetables for achieving them.
2. They assign the projects to the right people and groups - those whom they know can execute them.
3. They set milestones and conduct hard-nosed interim reviews.
4. They measure their peoples' performance according to the outcome of the projects, including the interim targets.
5. They link everything, from the original priorities to the milestone and performance measurements, to external information that reflects marketplace realities.

About The Author

Larry Bossidy is chairman and chief executive officer of Honeywell International, a Fortune 100 diversified technology and manufacturing leader. Earlier in his career he was chief operating officer of General Electric Credit (now GE Capital Corporation), executive vice president and president of GE's Services and Materials Sector and vice chairman of GE. Ram Charan is a highly sought advisor to CEOs and senior executives in companies ranging from start-ups to the Fortune 500. Dr. Charan has taught at both Harvard Business School and the Kellogg School of Northwestern University. Charles Burck is a freelance writer and editor. Earlier in his career he was an editor at Fortune magazine.