The Execution Gap: Why Strong Leaders Fail When Authority Breaks

Name: The New Economy: What Happens When Expectations Move Faster Than Systems
ISBN: 979-8249411169

By Mohamed Al Hashemi

Every organization has a strategy. Very few have the authority structure, the culture, and the decision-making discipline to actually execute it. The Execution Gap examines why well-intentioned plans fail to translate into results.

The gap between strategy and execution is not a planning problem. It is a leadership problem, and it starts with how authority actually flows through an organization.

What Readers Are Saying

I picked this up expecting another leadership book full of theory and motivation, and was surprised by how different it feels. Instead of trying to inspire, it focuses on something far more practical: why execution fails even when teams are capable and leaders are experienced. What makes this book stand out is its clarity around the gap between responsibility and authority. - DBM, Amazon review

What resonated most was the distinction between responsibility and mandate. The breakdown of real authority, the ability to decide, refuse, and enforce, made me rethink past situations where I thought I just needed to try harder. In reality, the structure itself was misaligned. - Michael, Amazon review