Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
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The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
An executive is a person who always decides sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
Most executives I know are so action-oriented, or action-addicted, that time for reflection is the first casualty of their success.
The polished executive is ultimately the happy executive who can walk gracefully through life.
The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.
Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.
In the technology world, you have to execute fast or you're out of business.
The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.
For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready to take responsibility, and leaders holding them back, insisting that they wait for decisions or instructions.
Part of executive functions is the ability to look to a goal deadline and assess where an organization is in meeting it.