Category: Team & Culture
Get a head start before the start
One of the most effective ways for a new leader to get more done in their first 100-days is to get a head start before day one. In particular, this…
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Bridging the Gap in a Crisis
The heart of The New Leader's 100-Hour Action Plan - Leading Through a Crisis is an iterative approach to bridging the gap between the desired and current state of affairs. …
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Campaign for Change
"We keep doing the same thing over and over again with different labels. We shuffle the people. We launch new initiatives. Nothing sticks. It's frustrating." - Team Leader. Every change…
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Live the message
Gerry was a volunteer with his local life squad/ambulance service. One day he heard an accident while raking leaves in his front lawn. He ran down to the end of…
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Up and Out, In and Down (Part 1)
Rick’s Experience One of my clients named Rick was brought into a finance organization that, for all intents and purposes, was broken. The company had grown rapidly through both acquisition…
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Pulling the job offer
Everything was on track for Jack to take over as CEO. He had met all the relevant board members. He had spent 50 hours eyeball to eyeball with the outgoing…
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In and Down, Up and Out (Part I)
Rick’s Experience One of my clients (I'll call him Rick) was brought into a finance organization that for all intents and purposes was broken. The company had grown rapidly through both acquisition…
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What if what if?
The projector could not recognize my laptop. No problem. I had 35mm slides. But the slide tray did not fit into the slide projector. No problem. I had overhead transparencies.…
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Early Onboarding Wins
Early onboarding wins are essential, especially when they’re related to results, personal wins, and emotional deposits. Early result wins There is almost always a conversation at a new employee’s six-month…
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