FranklinCovey, which has surveyed more than 2.5 million people about productivity and effectiveness issues, last week released the findings of its latest Execution Quotient study of 12,182 U.S. workers.
The findings confirm that most organizations suffer from major "execution gaps," which undermine the achievement of their most critical, strategic goals. The Execution gaps result from a combination of factors and the degree to which workers understand and apply six, key principles of execution at the individual, team and organizational level-clarity, commitment, translation into action, enabling, synergy, and accountability.
Clarity: The majority of workers don't know their organization's most important goals
Only 48% of workers say their organization has a clear strategic direction and only 37% say they understand the reason for that strategic direction
Only 44% of workers say their organization has clearly communicated its most important goals
Only 54% of workers say they clearly understand what they are supposed to do to help achieve their organization's goals
Additionally, in a separate study only 15% of workers could actually identify their organization's top three goals.
Commitment: The majority of workers are not committed to their organization's most important goals
Only 22% of workers are enthusiastic about the goals they set with their work teams
Only 39% of workers say they are highly energized and committed to the direction of their work team
Only 41% of workers say their job taps into the best of their talents and passion.