Flawless Execution : Use the Techniques and Systems of America's Fighter Pilots to Perform at Your Peak and Win the Battles of the Business World [BARGAIN PRICE] (Hardcover)

by James D. Murphy (Author) "The ability to perform a task in the prescribed mannerFlawless Executionis one of the most daunting yet vitally important missions facing corporate America today..." (more)
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A guide to effective business leadership as gleaned from the lessons taught to American military fighter pilots draws on the author's philosophies from his successful Afterburner Seminars and discusses how to apply corporate principles to promote individual excellence. By the author of Business Is Combat. 25,000 first printing. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

James D. Murphy is the CEO of Afterburner, Inc., a consulting firm he founded in 1996 after four years in sales management and eight years as an F-15 fighter pilot. Murphy is also the author of Business Is Combat, and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• ISBN-10: 0060760494
• ASIN: B000EGEYUW
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #995,597 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pray this guy is never your competitor, May 12, 2005

By	John Gamble - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Flawless Execution: Use the Techniques and Systems of America's Fighter Pilots to Perform at Your Peak and Win the Battles of the Business World (Hardcover)

Frank, practical advice with a no nonsense approach...just like you'd expect from guys that operate in a space where coming in second isn't an option.

This is a no BS look at how to improve any organization's ability to kick the competition's butt. You won't find "theoretical" discussions from a group of "academics." No charts and graphs. No fancy formulas. Just dozens of ideas that anyone with a desire to improve can implement. The "debrief" section and advice Murph provides has literally changed the way we operate in our company.

Read it...and you'll understand why the USAF is the best in the world. More importantly, you'll see how their training methods can make you better. I couldn't recommend it more highly.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the official Afterburner handbook., June 6, 2005

By	S. Boyle (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Flawless Execution: Use the Techniques and Systems of America's Fighter Pilots to Perform at Your Peak and Win the Battles of the Business World (Hardcover)

If you haven't had the opportunity to experience an Afterburner seminar yet, this book links you into their entire process top-down, from strategy to the flawless execution model to the people who carry out the mission. As head of Training for my organization, I was particularly interested in the section Murph dedicated to training. In the business world we don't place enough emphasis on the importance of training our people - in the military they never place someone in an environment they are not prepared to be in. Training seems to always get sacrificed because we're too busy carrying out tasks to get pulled away. Murph speaks on training to achieve a (specific) Desired Learning Objective, seeing how its done and then doing it - learning from experience. In the corporate world there is much we can learn from military processes. Flawless Execution is a process that can be applied to every business objective - its asks the questions: Did we plan right? Communicate to our people clearly? Give our people the tools they need to execute their job? And, did we capture lessons learned so we can sharpen the saw next time? It's a powerful tool we're applying in my organization with much success. I just hope our competitors don't read this book!

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional!, January 6, 2009

By	Steve Taylor (Cincinnati, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flawless Execution: Use the Techniques and Systems of America's Fighter Pilots to Perform at Your Peak and Win the Battles of the Business World (Paperback)

I first read this in the airport waiting for a connecting flight - I could not put it down. When I got home I immediately bought the book for all my people at work. This is worth more than any price if it is truely put into action - a must read for the serious business person.