Category: Executive Onboarding
Video of full New Leader's Playbook Presentation
I gave a presentation to the Greater Philadelphia Senior Executive Group last month - March 22nd, 2011 to be exact. They did a video recording of the whole session which…
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Cusack Capital CEO’s Second Act Disaster (Onboarding Done Wrong)
Cusack’s first mistake was his failure to move from “seller” to “buyer” after the job offer. He conducted virtually no due diligence before accepting. James Googled Cy Leeser, read trade…
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Assessing and Managing Onboarding Risks
I wrote articles this week on onboarding risks for each of the Huffington Post, Human Resources Executive, and Forbes. Each had a different perspective, but the main suggestions are:…
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Sometimes it's best to hit the iceberg head on
There is a compelling argument that had the Titanic hit the iceberg head on it would not have sunk on April 15, 1912 and 1517 people would not have…
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The New Leader's Playbook First Cycle of Articles on Forbes.com
The first cycle of my article series, "The New Leader's Playbook" on Forbes.com, was just completed with last week's post on Chiquita CEO, Fernando Aguirre. The series focused on the…
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Mitigating Risk in Your New Position
Article | Baseline | Jayme Check | April 10, 2011Click Here to Read Article
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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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