Execution - Getting Things Done

The most critical source of competitive advantage is quite often not derived from the most ingenious product design, the best marketing strategy, or access to "state of the art" technology, but having the  ability to Execute.

"Vision without Execution is Delusion."- Peter Drucker

For many leaders creating a strategy is the easy part. Making it happen is the bigger challenge. The "missing link" between aspirations and results being Execution-the most important job of the leader.

This workshop is unique; it show how the ultimate difference between a high performance organization and its competitors is the ability to link and integrate strategy, people & operation processes leading to the Competency to Execute.

1. Appreciate  the leadership responsibility for execution. Develop the right Managerial Style required for Effective Execution.
2. The building blocks-the critical leadership competencies that are associated with effective execution.
3. The way to link the three core processes of any business - the people process, the strategy and the operation plan - together to get the things done.
4. Through a real time case, learn discipline to mesh strategy with reality, align people with goals to achieve the results.
   

Execution − Getting Things Done workshop is designed for mid to senior level managers who head departments, functions, or units across manufacturing and service sector organizations and who are responsible for execution of the organization or unit´s strategy.

1. Challenges in Getting Things Done :
   • The gap between promises & the results
   • Why is execution a discipline & integral to strategic plan?
   • Who is accountable for Execution?
   • Understanding the three pillars in execution−people, environment& business processes
   • Case Study
     
     
2. Effective Execution - The Key Success Factors :
   • Video based session to help participants
     build departments/ teams that that excel in executions.
   • The appropriate Management Styles required for Effective Execution
   • Harnessing organization energy
   • Exercises
     
     
3. Prioritize and Focus
   
• Priority matrix
• Prioritize and Time Management
• Focus and alignment to ensure effective execution 
  
• Video and exercises
  
  
4. Developing Execution Competencies :
   • Leadership Skills
   • The 8 Building Blocks of effective execution 
     
   • Video and Examples
   • Case discussions
     
     
   Personal Action Plans based on key learning
   
   

In our workshop, we maximize knowledge assimilation in the participants through combination of execution elements like case discussions, exercises, simulated games and activities, video led sessions and discussions on global best practices. At the end of each workshop we facilitate the participants to distill Key Learning and prepare Action Plans to deliver solid business results for our clients.

Mr. Nabendu Gupta, B.Sc (Hons), PGDM (IIMC), Executive Director, co-founded NR Performance Edge Consultants Pvt. Ltd in 2005 with a view to transform the manner in which Management Development Programs are conducted in India. He has put into practice years of experience with leading global organizations to design and deliver high impact workshops. He works in the area of Leadership Development and Executive Coaching. In the past 10 years , he has conducted more than 240 Open Public Programs in the Top 6 Metros with participants from more than 350 leading organizations plus another 225 + in-company workshops. Nabendu's assignments includes Leadership Development with the No1 Indian Corporate in the areas of Banking, Software, Commercial Vehicles, Media , Tyres, Telecom, Consumer Durables, Accounting as well many other leading Corporates , both Indian and MNCs.

Nabendu Gupta has 28 years of corporate experience in India and overseas (prior to launching Performance EDGE) after his Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Calcutta. He has worked in Sales, Marketing and General Management with the Tatas( Product Executive) , Unilever ( Area Sales Manager, Product Manager, Senior Product Manager and Branch Manager ) and Reckitt & Colman, where he was General Manager, Delhi. He has subsequently worked as Vice President (Marketing) Reliance Telecom, Senior Vice President (Consumer Products), Pidilite Industries & Chief Executive, Business Standard Ltd. He has attended several Leadership and Advanced Management Development Programs in the US/UK and Singapore. He has a Certificate in Executive Coaching from the Indian School of Business , Hyderabad and is a practicing Executive Coach.