Category: Executive Onboarding
Why Preparing in Advance is Priceless: How Ajay Banga Prepared for his New Leadership Role
Looking back on the transition, Ajay said Bob did a “masterful” job at allowing him to settle in and pick up pieces step-by-step without all the external and internal pressures…
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Leverage Your Agenda as a Symbol of What’s Important when Onboarding
Edgar was joining a company as CEO. He told us the most important thing he had to do was to change the mindset of the organization to become more customer…
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Promoted From Within – Thoughts For Google’s New CEO Larry Page
In general, when leaders are promoted from within, they need to keep in mind that they can not control the context, can not make a clean break, and have no honeymoon.…
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The New Leader’s Playbook
Moving into new roles are crucible events of leadership and some of the toughest challenges people face. Nearly half of new leaders fail in their first 18 months. In that…
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Start Your Onboarding Process Off Right
Don't begin to recruit anyone until you understand how their role is going to help deliver results that move the organization forward in line with its purpose and priorities. He…
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How Framing Messages Can Help in Your Job Transition
Jorge Pedraza suggests that "Framer's Win". Specifically, he says that "Communication is largely about framing. It is said that “facts speak for themselves.” But the truth is that people who…
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Onboarding Framework – Negotiating
We're in the process of pulling together the next edition of The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan. It seems like a good time to re-think what we've got in the…
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Initiating Changes to the Company Culture in the Onboarding Process
In the vast majority of cases, converging and evolving are the right leadership skills to apply to transition management when onboarding. (Please see my earlier post, "Onboarding Context and Culture".)…
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What Daley Must Do First as Obama’s Chief of Staff
To tackle the responsibilities of his new role and ensure that better results are delivered faster, he will have to act quickly. It will be critical for him to get…
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