Forbes– Economist – Fortune - BusinessWeek – Business Outlook India – CNBC – Financial Times - Fox News – Huffington Post – Inc – The Independent – MSN – Nonprofit Business Advisor – President&CEO Magazine - Strategy & People – Talent Management – Times of India – Total Picture Radio - Wall Street Journal – Washington Post
FORBES
The New Leader's Playbook – Weekly Articles
George Bradt's weekly articles on Forbes.com highlighting examples of things new leader's did well. Includes articles on Hewlett-Packard's Meg Whitman, Apple CEO Tim Cook, A&P CEO Sam Martin, MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga, Walmart CEO Mike Duke, Chiquita CEO Fernando Aguirre, Royal Caribbean CEO Richard Fain, American Red Cross's Charlie Shimanski's remarkable powers of communication, Procter & Gamble's John Pepper, and others.
"Touching and extremely actionable…Inspiring…full of feel-good and the promise that I, too, can build my confidence by following your advice and the examples lived by your protagonists…will keep people coming back for a weekly "you can do it" emotional fix!" – a reader.
Click to read latest article or go to The New Leader's Playbook to see the framework with cross links to all the articles.
The Economist – That Tricky First 100 Days
Onboarding focuses on three areas that can cause a new executive to fail: getting up to speed, forging effective relationships and accomplishing what is expected.
Ask Annie. New Job? Get a Head Start Now.
Anne Fisher answers the question what you should do ahead of time to prepare for a new job with help from The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan and her interview with George Bradt.
Can you rehabilitate a passive aggressive employee
BusinessWeek
How To Take The Reins At Top Speed
Getting a jump on a new job before you begin is critical. Enter coaches and consultants.
Cheat, Control & Exploit
Onboarding lessons for new executives and managers. BusinessWeek Executive Editor, John Byrne talks with PrimeGenesis' Managing Director, George Bradt about the things that you need to think about to ensure effectiveness from day one in your new organization.
Mixed Mergers Spell Trouble
In BusinessWeek's Debate Room, George Bradt argues that companies with markedly different cultures set themselves up for failure when they try to merge because successfully merging is dependent on analysis of the context and culture of the company being acquired. And few companies invest what is required to do that. (Like you would do.)
PRESIDENT&CEO
Mary Vonnegut warns "Heads Up C-suite Leaders, Landmines Ahead"
Mary Vonnegut describes "How C-suite Leaders & Teams Can Deliver Better Results, Fast"
On-boarding Starts Before Recruiting. Arundhati Ramanathan of India's Outlook Business interviews George Bradt.
Click to Read original article
Download pdf: business.outlookindia.com | On-Boarding Starts Before Recruitment
Nonprofit Business Advisor
"Onboard" Employees to Attract and Retain Talent
Applying the producer, director, stage manager onboarding model to nonprofits.
www.nonprofitbusinessadvisor.com
May 2012 – Nonprofit Business Advisor – G. Bradt Commentary
Timeless lessons from Time Inc.:
How Griffin set the stage for his own ouster as CEO
Timeless lessons from Time Inc
"Onboarding: An Act of Transformational Leadership"
Article in Human Resource Planning Society's "People and Strategy" by PrimeGenesis' George Bradt with comments from George Olcott – PrimeGenesis UK & Japan, Charles Forgang – employment attorney USA, Robert Rigby-Hall – LexisNexis USA, Matthew Walter – Bank of America USA, Sonja Weckstrom – Right Management Finland.
HR Review
HR Review – Hot Landings
A new leader…may well find himself in a corporate "hot landing," with failure the inevitable result unless he knows how to hit the ground running. What are some of the strategies that could help?
Interview with George Bradt on the importance of onboarding.
Five Things You Must Do Between Acceptance of a Job and Start Date
New on the Job? How to manage your supporters and detractors.
Bullish on Books: New on the Job? New Book Offers 100-day Action Plan
Post on The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan
Top Ten Mistakes Deangelo Vickers Made on Day One in The Office
Recession-proof Your Job
BusinessWeek TV with George Bradt and PrimeGenesis clients at LexisNexis
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Acclimating Newcomers to the Office
Jane Porter's article on acclimating includes a quote and comments from George Bradt getting at the importance of the quality of relationships formed early on and of behind-the-scenes networks.
Get a Job: Apps to search, score and succeed at work
Meg Baker features the iPad app, New Leader Smart Tools in her "App Attack" feature
FOX BUSINESS
How Executives Can Make a Positive First Impression in a New Job
FINANCIAL TIMES
In business, 100-day plans are a mistake
Michael Skapinker's article arguing a different point of view from that expressed in "The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan". (Though he does seem to agree with more than he disagrees with.)
Judgment Call – Should CEOs Vent in Public
George Bradt argues that executives need to be clear about whom they are trying to influence and whether to do it directly or indirectly.
TM talent management
Five Tips to Strategic Onboarding
George Bradt shares five tips: 1) Start by stopping; 2) Think business strategy; 3) Clarify purpose and priorities; 4) Check onboarding track record; 5) Make sure everyone follows through.
Five ‘Landmines’ New Hires Should Try to Avoid
Article by Frank Kalman discussing: 1) Doing Your Due Diligence, 2) Relationships, 3) Getting Up the Learning Curve, 4) Failure to Deliver, 5) Failure to Adjust (Based on interview with George Bradt)
The Four ‘Landmines’ Bosses Should Avoid in On-boarding a New Hire
Article by Frank Kalman discussing: 1) Role Failure, 2) Personal Failure — the Inability to Hire the Right Person, 3) Relationship Failure, 4) Failure to Deliver, 5) Engagement Failure (Based on interview with George Bradt)
Measuring Success of On-boarding a New Hire
Article by Frank Kalman discussing what's important in measuring on-boarding success. (Hint: measure business results and process measures)
To Fit or Not to Fit
Article by Ronnie Reese on how organizations can avoid bad hires by focusing on fit during recruiting and prepping the organization to welcome difference during onboarding
Top 100 Influencers –
John Sumser's excellent series on RecruitingBlogs.com profiles Onboarding leader George Bradt
Analyzing Cultural Fit
George Bradt's article on the BRAVE tool to help HR executives assess cultural fit.
The Value of Adaptive Leadership
BCG suggests adaptive leadership generally trumps more directive leadership. George Bradt generally agrees – but not in all cases in this article by Lin Grensing-Pophal
Total Picture Radio
Interview with George Bradt on New Leader Smart Tools iPad app and 3rd edition of The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan
Interview with George Bradt on his Forbes articles re: The New Leader's Playbook
Plus an interview on the basics of onboarding re: The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan.
Plus, an interview on the crucial partnership between hiring managers and new employees re: Onboarding book.
Plus, an interview with Bill Berman on how Trust and Respect is Fundamental to any Organizational Culture
The Working Week podcast on Effective Onboarding
As George Bradt explains, onboarding is the process of interviewing, hiring, orienting and successfully integrating new hires into the new organisation.
The First 100 Days in a New Job
Executive transition expert, George Bradt, shares insights, proven solutions, and cutting-edge techniques for successfully transitioning into a new role whether you are a first-time leader or seasoned professional.
ExecuNet
Set the Stage for New Employee Success
Read Will Flamme's article in ExecuNet's CareerSmart Advisor on the launch of Onboarding: How to Get your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time and The Three Stages of a Hiring Manager, Buying and Selling at the Same Time, and Orientation is Not Onboarding.
Inc.
Read Dave Smith's article in Inc. on "Onboarding Done Better". How you behave and relate to new people are all both communicating the culture, modeling the culture, and forming the culture.
Read Lou Dubois' article in Inc. on "How to Set Goals For New Employees". Has some good ideas in it about the importance of different types of goals and about aligning goals.
Read Lou Dubois' article in Inc. on "How to Make an Employee's First 90 Days Successful". Has some good ideas in it. (Note he misquoted me on the 40% failure rate. It's at 18 months, not 8 and is based on a study by Heidrick & Struggles of 20,000 searches.)
The Only Three Interview Questions You'll Ever Need – The Independent's Tim Walker discusses George Bradt's Forbes article on interviewing
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Onboarding 101 for Small Businesses –
16 things small businesses can do differently (and better)
How to know if you have enough experience for a job
Click to Read article by Alina Dizik quoting George Bradt's interpretation of Charon and Drotter's "Leadership Pipeline"
Sales Lead Dynamics
Triumph of the Niche-Master:
A True Story - Discussion of PrimeGenesis positioning and marketing
Baseline
Mitigating Risk in Your New Position – Jayme Check
Management Excellence
"a great interview with priceless advice and “must listen/must read” content for anyone approaching a start-up situation."
Listen to George Bradt's "Leadership Caffeine" podcast interview with Art Perry
Blogging about Business
An Interview with George Bradt (Comprehensive)
