Achieving the Execution Edge: 20 Essential Questions Corporate Directors Need to Get Answered about Strategy Execution

by Chris Bart, Elliot S. Schreiber

Achieving the Execution EdgeTM provides a concise, practical roadmap for the role that Directors play in performing one of their most important functions-monitoring the execution of their organization's strategy. Addressing the sometimes controversial oversight role of corporate Directors, the authors present 20 Essential Questions that offer guidance on frameworks, processes and outcomes both to provide insight and to stimulate discussion on the important issues related to strategy execution. Not intended to be a comprehensive checklist, these questions are essential starting points. They are questions for which the answers should be sought and known by every corporate Director, as well as by every corporate executive, as companies strive to achieve the Execution EdgeTM.

Written by the co-founders of the Directors College, Achieving the Execution EdgeTM has received critical acclaim throughout the international corporate community. Essential reading for corporate directors and senior management, it is also a valuable tool for managers and business professionals at all levels.

92 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 24, 2013

About the author

Dr. Chris Bart is the world's leading expert on Mission Statements and how organizations can more effectively use them to become "mission driven" and capture the elusive "mission mystique".