Line of Sight

In Line of Sight, Robert Courser offers five keys for bridging the gap between strategy and execution so leaders and executives can grow their business.

What do you do if you struggle to grow and scale your company?

How do you bridge the gap between your goals and their successful execution?

In this down-to-earth book, Robert Courser and Olivier Aries share actionable insights to help owners and leaders of small and medium-sized businesses get--or get back--into growth mode.

With easy-to-digest examples and stories, they encourage leaders to apply simple, time-tested practices to execute better. A former chef with a knack for excellence, Courser advocates the importance of good alignment in all aspects of operations--having the right ingredients at the right time and the right place to ace the recipe of growth.

Leaders who want to be firmly in control of their business will find here actionable insights at a time when uncertainty requires making constant changes and staying nimble: be clear about your strategy, be a principled leader, use relevant metrics, set a structure that enables individuals to prioritize the right tasks, and nurture your employees. In all, understand and manage the five keys for successful execution.

Using simple tools and a self-assessment guide to help implement the book’s recommendations, Line of Sight will be the back-pocket companion for any executive looking to lead a healthy business.

Robert Courser is a CEO advisor who has been helping small and medium-sized enterprises scale up for the past twenty years. In this book, he draws on stories and anecdotes from his clients to share the simple tools and insights that help free up the growth potential of leaders and their companies.

Classically trained as a culinary chef, Courser knows something about delivering excellence in a high-pressure environment. In his inimitable, no-nonsense voice, Robert emphasizes the importance of internal alignment, of having resources in the right place at the right time, and of self-aware leadership to execute flawlessly. An avid outdoorsman, he lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Olivier Aries is an executive coach, facilitator, and former global management consultant. With a deep interest in the interplay between human behavior and business transformation, he is guiding leaders, executive directors, and corporate boards in building high-performing teams that embrace change and unlock the self-limiting beliefs of people and organizations. A board member of Community Action Partners, the consulting arm of the Harvard Business School Association of Boston, he has lived and worked in Asia, Europe, and the United States; he now splits his time between Arlington and Wellfleet, Massachusetts.