Tag: On-boarding
Onboarding as an Individual Contributor
Both leaders and individual contributors build teams by inspiring and enabling others. Individual contributors need to rely even more heavily on influencing skills across the five building blocks of a…
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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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On-Boarding Starts Before Recruitment
Outlook Business India just published an interview they did with me when I was there last month. They did a nice job of working through much of the big blocks…
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Recovering from an Early Fumble – Lessons from Harvard-Yale 2011
We've all done it. Blown that early meeting, messed up the first slide of the presentation, gotten off on the wrong foot with someone. We've all been thrown by that…
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Top Three Excuses for Onboarding Failures
"Poor fit!" "Didn't deliver!" "Things changed!" 40% of executives fail in their first 18 months*. The vast majority of the roundabout, convoluted, euphemisministic explanations we hear for those failures…
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Announcing New Leader Smart Tools iPad app
In response to a need for even smarter and even more immediately actionable guidance on how to succeed as a new leader in today's turbulent job landscape, I am thrilled…
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Ron Krueck’s Vision of a More Welcoming Michigan Avenue Facade in Chicago
“Vision” is one of those overused words that means different things to different people. Leaders are expected to have a vision. Sometimes it’s not clear where they are supposed to…
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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 Basics
Three things can make a dramatic difference in onboarding success: (1) Get a head start before the start (2) Take control of your message (3) Build a high-performing team I’ve…
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