The New Leader’s Journal: Milestone update I
The New Leader’s Journal: Milestone update I

Well, that was an ugly meeting. No one circulated their updates in advance. People didn’t follow the meeting format.  It ended up being a free-flowing conversation instead of an update. …

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Be Like Zappos’ Tony Hsieh – Answer Three Key Onboarding Due Diligence Questions

For Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, the most important decision is where to play. He learned that playing poker. He applied it at Zappos. It’s critical for onboarding. In Hsieh’s words:…

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Answer Three Key Onboarding Due Diligence Questions
Answer Three Key Onboarding Due Diligence Questions

Three Questions Leading to the Right Table The ability and willingness to assess and deal with risk is often a critical differentiator between success and failure. Once you’ve been offered…

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Help Crafting Your 100-Day Action Plan
Help Crafting Your 100-Day Action Plan

  These things I know to be true: 40 percent of new leaders fail in their first 18 months That rate drops to 10 percent for the new leaders helped…

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The New Leader’s Journal: Milestones
The New Leader’s Journal: Milestones

We used day two of the imperative workshop to put our milestones in place.  It worked well.  Nothing is real until there’s a name and date next to an action.…

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A 100-Day Action Plan Helps a New Leader in Multiple Ways
A 100-Day Action Plan Helps a New Leader in Multiple Ways

  PrimeGenesis has reduced the rate of new leader failure from 40% to 10% by driving three ideas: Get a head start Manage the message Build the team This past…

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The New Leader’s Journal: Imperative Workshop
The New Leader’s Journal: Imperative Workshop

Finally!  I can have an opinion!  Now that we’ve completed the imperative workshop I can say, “As we agreed ….”  Before the imperative workshop, I had to say, “I think…” …

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What We Can Learn About Negotiating From the Great Compromiser
What We Can Learn About Negotiating From the Great Compromiser

Be careful about how you engage with the organization’s existing business context and culture. Crossing the need for change based on the context and the cultural readiness for change can…

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The New Leader’s Journal: Listening and learning
The New Leader’s Journal: Listening and learning

Started having lunch with top performers this week.  Went three to four levels down and had lunch with two people who recently received top box performance reviews. Sat down and…

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