Category: Executive Onboarding
Cathie Black – The Case Against the Strongest Athlete
By the end of her first 100-days, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's view of New York Schools Chancellor Cathie Black went from "superstar manager" to "this has not worked out", putting her…
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Will Robert Gibbs Find a Friend in Facebook?
I’m not sure how Gibbs and Zuckerberg and his tribe will fit together. What’s scary is neither are they and neither are most people looking to onboard into new organizations.…
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IBM’s Sue Hed Shows How Early Wins Get You ‘Ahed’ of the Curve
1. Select one or two early wins from your milestones list: Choose early wins that will make a meaningful external impact. Select early wins that your boss will want to…
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Royal Caribbean’s CEO Exemplifies How to Leverage Milestones
Richard’s emphasis on milestones is not a surprise, as ship builders have been leveraging milestones’ emotional impact for millennia. Ship builders celebrate “keel laying” as the formal start of construction,…
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Google's Quest to Build a Better Boss and Onboarding
Adam Bryant's latest piece in The New York Times on Google's Quest to Build a Better Boss is well worth reading. It goes into detail on what Google has found…
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Powerful First Impressions: Michael Brune’s Day One at The Sierra Club
Everything is magnified on Day One, whether it’s your first day in a new company, or the day of a big announcement. Everyone is looking for hints about what you…
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Onboarding Success vs. Failures: CEO Case Studies at Mastercard and Time Inc.
What Griffin did wrong at Time and Banga did right at Mastercard Sometimes the business context and organizational culture at a company demand that you accelerate your transition into a…
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Walmart CEO Mike Duke Shifts Approach
One of the main advantages to adopting the mindset that we are all new leaders all the time is that you and your team will be ready at all times…
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Timeless lessons from Time Inc: How Griffin Set the Stage for His Own Ouster
Article | The Washington Post | George Bradt | March 1, 2011Click Here to Read Article
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