Tag: Executive Onboarding
The Importance of Due Diligence Before Accepting a Job
40% of new leaders fail in their first 18 months. A lot of these failures are preventable, including the ones that could have been mitigated if the new leader had…
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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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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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The New Leader’s Playbook for Mergers and Acquisitions
While any leadership transition is challenging for some, the disruption surrounding an acquisition or merger (which is generally an acquisition by a different name) creates a challenges for everybody on…
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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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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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PrimeGenesis Talks, Workshops, and Webinars
For the most part, people are interested in our perspective on one of two broad subjects: onboarding and leadership. Onboarding: We have built expertise around people making complex transitions into…
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Why not
Two people used those two words with me over the past week, with very different meanings. Wilder Baker - Why Not Had breakfast with Wilder to talk about his ideas…
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Relationships are more Important than being Right when Onboarding
The first thing my new boss explained to me on my first day was that my top priority was managing the production of the new advertising campaign – and getting…
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