Category: Executive Onboarding
Leverage Public Hangings
Some actions, like public hangings, communicate more forcefully than any words or pictures ever could. There's no question that it is generally important for a new leader to be assimilated…
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Who cares?
William Ury's TED talk on "The Walk from "no" to "yes"" is compelling. In it, he makes the assertion that most, if not all, conflict between two people or two…
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Critical onboarding question: Wok or a Teapot?
People process information differently. So, as you're onboarding into an organization and meeting new people, it's helpful to figure out if they are woks, teapots, or percolators. Woks quick cook…
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Watch out for Minnesota Nice
Wikipedia, that font of all current knowledge, describes "Minnesota Nice" as "courteous, reserved, and mild mannered". If everyone in the world disciplined themselves to be like that, the world would…
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The New Leader's Two-Hour Action Plan
Have you noticed that most feature films are about two hours long? If the world's best directors with the world's best scripts, best actors, and best special effects have decided…
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Executive Onboarding Transformational Partnership
The Five O'Clock Club posted two videos of a 15 minute talk I gave to one of their breakfast meetings. Click here to view on YouTube The main points are…
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"The Will to Prepare to Win" – Vince Lombardi
Football coach Vince Lombardi put it well, "The will to win is not nearly so important as the will to prepare to win." Most people have the will to win.…
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New/revised chapters for "The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan"
The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan (Wiley, 2006 & 2009) continues to help leaders accelerate their onboarding and to sell well. In light of that, the publisher has asked us…
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Pull vs. Push Onboarding
As a new leader, the more they onboard you and the more room you give them to do it, the better. People generally don't like change; and they really don't…
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