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The New Leader’s Journal: Role Sort
Got my role sort figured out. I’ve arranged for Ellen to move to a role in investor relations. With the IPO, that function is becoming increasingly important. Ellen does have…
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The New Leader’s Journal: Personnel Issues
Ellen continues to be a problem. She’s blocking my communication with her team and exhibiting passive-aggressive behavior. She’s also never come to me to say she’s enjoying working with me,…
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The New Leader’s Journal: Early Wins
I changed my mind on the early win. I’d originally thought we’d focus on a new advertising campaign. Still think that’s important. It’s just going to take longer than I’d…
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The New Leader’s Journal: Milestone update II
Second milestone meeting – worked much better. People circulated updates in advance. Each person highlighted their group’s wins, learnings, and where they needed help in the first half of the…
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The New Leader’s Journal: Milestone update I
Well, that was an ugly meeting. No one circulated their updates in advance. People didn’t follow the meeting format. It ended up being a free-flowing conversation instead of an update. …
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Help Crafting Your 100-Day Action Plan
These things I know to be true: 40 percent of new leaders fail in their first 18 months That rate drops to 10 percent for the new leaders helped…
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The New Leader’s Journal: Milestones
We used day two of the imperative workshop to put our milestones in place. It worked well. Nothing is real until there’s a name and date next to an action.…
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A 100-Day Action Plan Helps a New Leader in Multiple Ways
PrimeGenesis has reduced the rate of new leader failure from 40% to 10% by driving three ideas: Get a head start Manage the message Build the team This past…
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The New Leader’s Journal: Imperative Workshop
Finally! I can have an opinion! Now that we’ve completed the imperative workshop I can say, “As we agreed ….” Before the imperative workshop, I had to say, “I think…” …
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