Get Real:

Carmen says my favorite saying is "Get Real." (I personally think Dr. Phil stole the saying from me but that's another suit for another day.)

I can't say I learned a lot from my father when it comes to interpersonal communications but the one thing I did learn was that when it came to running a company one has to be realistic even if you are a visionary. So when I learned there was a new book out there titled, Confronting Reality: Doing what matters to get things done right I was thrilled! Finally a book I can get into! One that gives me the hard data! Not all that foo-foo "leadership" annoyances of the late 90's.

Apparently... well... maybe not so much.

One of the problems I have with this book is Bossidy and Charan spend too much time talking theoretically and not enough time talking tactically. (This non-MBAer could not relate to the majority of insight-through-hindsight case study examples referenced by the authors.) Another issue I have is the length of Confronting Reality. Sure it is less than 300 pages, but I think that the topic could have been covered more succinctly and with greater impact as a whiz-bang ten page Harvard Business Review article and not as book.- full review

I still might pick it up for the joy of seeing the title on my shelf.