{"product_id":"execution-debt-chris-barnhill-9798187882809","title":"Execution Debt: How Capable Leaders Become the Bottleneck and What to Do About It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYour company may not have a strategy problem. It may have a capable leader who has quietly become the system.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExecution Debt is the hidden organizational cost created when work, decisions, judgment, and accountability keep routing through the same capable people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first, it looks like commitment. The leader answers faster, joins more meetings, fixes more problems, and protects the standard. Over time, the team becomes more dependent, the calendar fills, decisions slow down, and the organization becomes fragile around the very person keeping it moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eExecution Debt\u003c\/i\u003e, executive coach and operator Chris Barnhill shows how capable leaders become bottlenecks and how to change the pattern without lowering standards or walking away from responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough real leadership stories and practical tools, you will learn how to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Identify where your organization has become overly dependent on you\u003cbr\u003e- Stop rescuing work that other people need to learn to own\u003cbr\u003e- Delegate authority instead of simply assigning tasks\u003cbr\u003e- Create clearer decisions, ownership, and accountability\u003cbr\u003e- Reduce unnecessary meetings, escalations, and approval loops\u003cbr\u003e- Build a team that can move when you are not in the room\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about caring less or doing less. It is about changing where your value comes from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for directors, vice presidents, founders, senior operators, and capable leaders who have become too central to the work, \u003ci\u003eExecution Debt\u003c\/i\u003e starts with one uncomfortable question: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat would slow down or break if you disappeared for two weeks?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe answer tells you where to start.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Barnhill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798187882809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Chris Barnhill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997985321215,"sku":"9798187882809","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/execution-debt-chris-barnhill-9798187882809","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}