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Book SynopsisI expected good, but this is great. -Janet Pirus Phelps, Principle, Strategic CFO, Former CFO Papa Murphy's Pizza Gaps are holes in your organization where tasks fall and failure breeds. They inhibit your ability to implement strategic plans, lead people, and run successful projects. Daily, executives, middle managers, and project managers wrestle with the big six: Absence of common understanding Disengaged executive sponsors Misalignment with goals Poor change management Ineffective governance Lackluster leadership Ignoring any of these gaps endangers any strategy or project. They regularly destroy hundreds of companies' ability to turn their corporate vision into business valuetaking careers with them. Filling Execution Gaps addresses the sources of these gaps, and how to fill them. Without any one of these important functions, projects fail. Without change management, adoption suffers. Without common understanding, there is confusion. Without goa
Table of ContentsChapter -Gap 0 Understanding the Problem
Chapter 2-Aligning Initiatives to Corporate Goals
Chapter 3-Challenges in Executive Sponsorship
Chapter 4-Solutions in Executive Sponsorship
Chapter 5-Success with Change Adoption
Chapter 6-Organization Change Management
Chapter 7-Lean Governance of Initiatives and Projects
Chapter 8-The Project Management Office
Chapter 9-Leadership Strategies
Chapter 10-The Project’s Leadership Structure
Chapter 11-Leadership Traits and Actions
Chapter 12-Putting Everything Together