When And How To Shock An Organization For Its Own Good
When And How To Shock An Organization For Its Own Good

As an executive onboarding into a new role you must choose between assimilating in, converging and evolving or shocking the organization. Shocking creates a hot landing requiring careful preparation and…

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Top 10 Dos and Don’ts for Onboarding a New Chief Operating Officer
Top 10 Dos and Don’ts for Onboarding a New Chief Operating Officer

Chief Operating Officers can make a world of difference - if their onboarding sets them up for success. If you're bringing a Chief Operating Officer (COO) in to work for…

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The Next First (and Only) 100 Days
The Next First (and Only) 100 Days

Cover of Franklin D. Roosevelt In his recent New York Times column, The Next First (and Only) 100 Days, Thomas Friedman makes the point that Since F.D.R., we’ve measured presidents…

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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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Onboarding in a Dystopian Obfuscational Corporella

The ideal organization is marked by a transparent focus by all on a meaningful and rewarding shared purpose.  Unfortunately, many organizations are more dystopian than utopian, more obfuscational than clear,…

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Early Onboarding Wins
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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Onboarding Decisions
Onboarding Decisions

Four important ideas from Wharton professors last week: Be decisive - Michael Useem Save more earlier - Olivia Mitchell Buy stocks - Jeremy Siegel Advertise on TV - Peter Fader…

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Onboarding Progress
Onboarding Progress

  “…making progress in one’s work – even incremental progress – is more frequently associated with positive emotions and high motivation than any other workday event”.  So says Teresa Amabile…

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Fundamental Onboarding Beliefs
Fundamental Onboarding Beliefs

Purposeful integration is essential This is why it’s so important to get stakeholders aligned around the organization’s purpose, a Total Onboarding Program and recruiting brief before starting to recruit.  Get…

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