Tag: new job preparation
Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson’s New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan
Sometimes new leaders can take their time onboarding into new positions. Sometimes new leaders start new jobs as if they’re jumping onboard moving trains and must accelerate just to land.…
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Onboarding is a confidence game
Our firm runs confidence games. The business result we deliver is helping new leaders and their teams deliver Better Results Faster. The personal win we deliver is a reduced risk…
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Onboarding logic
Like the duck sailing smoothly along the surface while paddling like mad underneath, what looks like a logical, sequential approach to onboarding is actually an ongoing series of constant iterations.…
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What do you think…?
"What do you think...?" is a request for input. Unlike seeking direction from others, requesting input is a sign of confidence, not weakness. What's surprising is that more people don't…
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Onboarding just ahead of the curve
You want to be ahead of the curve in onboarding - but not too far ahead of the curve. I It's a Goldilocks sort of thing. If you're behind everyone…
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Onboarding: Ready. Aim. Fire.
If you think about people engaged in a physical activity in which they use something to hit something else, they must get their tools ready, aim and then fire. Onboarding…
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Committing Your Reserves
One of the most important decisions in most endeavors is when to commit your reserves. When do you put all the information on the table? When do you move your…
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Onboarding on the fly
Bad idea. Onboarding on the fly with no preparation has a low probability of success. An awful lot of things come down to what you want and what you are…
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Be Prepared
In general, the more prepared you and your organization are for a crisis, the better you will handle it. This is not about preparing in detail for every possible permutation…
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