THE NEW LEADER’S 100-DAY ACTION PLAN – Bradt, Check, Pedraza (John Wiley & Sons)
How to take charge, build your team, and get immediate results. A step-by-step plan for every leader in a new role (with downloadable worksheets).
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"must-read book for anyone in a new leadership role"
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"This is a great book that any new leader needs to read."
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"a cohesive, comprehensive, and cost-effective system for anyone who is considering or who has just accepted a position that involves increased leadership and management responsibilities."
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Moving into a new leadership position is one of the toughest challenges an executive can face. Nearly half of new leaders fail in their first eighteen months, often because of critical mistakes made at the very beginning. How do you avoid critical mistakes at the start of a new role? Whether you're a veteran CEO taking over a new organization or a novice moving into your first leadership role, this practical guide will help you manage your leadership transition to take charge, build your team, and deliver results. An easy-to-follow plan and timeline will keep you on track. Filled with real-world examples and downloadable worksheets, this one-of-a-kind book shows you how to master your new job – and the art of leadership.
3rd Edition – October, 2011
In particular, this edition has several changes and new ideas around:
Applying social media to onboarding with a current, dynamic, iterative, and interactive approach to conversations across a network of multiple stakeholders, and across a wide variety of media.
Taking a BRAVE new approach to culture and context looking at Behaviors, Relationships, Attitudes, Values, and Environment.
Incorporating more robust crisis management techniques with a new appendix on a 100-Hour Action Plan for crisis situations already being deployed by the American Red Cross.
Providing advice for the new leader’s boss drawn from George Bradt and Mary Vonnegut’s Onboarding book.
Including sample 100-Day Action Plans to show what completed plans might look like.
