Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 The Military Response to a Complex World: The New Value of Effective Execution -- Chapter 2 Basic Training: Indoctrinating Your People with Values and Skills -- Organizational Identity and Imperatives -- The Training Imperative -- The Trust Imperative -- The Leadership Imperative -- Chapter 3 Team Alignment: Connecting the Troops with the Leader's Intent -- Situational Awareness -- High-Definition Destination and Leader's Intent -- The Building Blocks -- Developing Leaders -- Chapter 4 Mission Preparation: Moving from Strategy toward Accountable Actions -- Critical Leverage Points -- Business Leverage Points -- Levels of Planning -- The Flawless Execution Engine: Plan, Brief, Execute, Debrief -- Elements of Successful Planning -- Developing Leaders -- Chapter 5 Battle Rhythm: On Track, On Target, and On Time -- Briefing -- Execution Rhythm -- Checkpoints -- Task Saturation -- X-Gaps -- Developing Leaders -- Chapter 6 Continuous Improvement: The Debrief Imperative -- The Stealth Debrief -- Root-Cause Analysis -- Core -- Planning -- Team -- Execution -- Chapter 7 Leadership on Purpose: Developing Teams and Leaders from Day One -- Leadership -- Organization -- Communication -- Knowledge -- Experience -- Discipline -- Chapter 8 The Courage to Execute: A Smart Bias toward the Right Action -- Appendix: Mission Checklists -- Planning Overview -- Planning Questions -- Eighty Percent Planning -- Six Steps to Mission Planning -- Decision Point: Go/No-Go Decision -- Brief Checklist -- Execution Checklist (Task Saturation Remedies) -- Stealth Debrief Checklist -- Bibliography -- Index.