The most important new ideas coming out of last week’s Conference Board Onboarding Lab include 1) Deploying a systemic integrated approach to onboarding, 2) Personalizing onboarding efforts and 3) Not leading until you’ve earned the right to lead. I helped lead last week’s session along with authors Ed Betof, Michael Watkins, Mark Stein and Lilith [...]
Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson’s New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan
January 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Image via CrunchBase Sometimes new leaders can take their time onboarding into new positions. Sometimes new leaders start new jobs as if they’re jumping onboard moving trains and must accelerate just to land. But when a new leader jumps onboard a train that has already left the station, things are particularly tricky. This is what [...]
Five Components of BRAVE Leadership
November 2, 2011 By 2 Comments
Leadership is about inspiring and enabling others to do their absolute best, together, to realize a meaningful and rewarding shared purpose. The strongest leaders take a BRAVE approach to every one of their New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plans by examining their organization’s behaviors, relationships, attitudes, values and environment. Looking at the components in reverse order: [...]
The New Leader’s Journal October 7 (99) – 100-day recap
October 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Tomorrow is 100 days. Thought I’d pause to recap what I’ve accomplished so far. Got a head start. Having a plan in advance made a big difference. I knew where I was going. Additionally, I’m still getting good feedback on those pre-start conversations. My relationships with people I met before day one are still stronger [...]
The New Leader’s Journal September 30 (92) – personnel adjustment
September 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Did not see that coming. Susan (my boss’ boss) is moving to a new role in the organization as a special assistant to the CEO. (I smell an acquisition.) Now my boss (Jack), the commercial director, is reporting directly to the CEO. This feels like a major change with an enduring impact. I’m [...]