Tag: The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan
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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Plans are Not Made to be Followed
We spend the vast majority of our time helping new leaders create and implement 100-day action plans. Over the past decade or so, I can not think of a…
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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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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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What We Can Learn About Negotiating From the Great Compromiser
Be careful about how you engage with the organization’s existing business context and culture. Crossing the need for change based on the context and the cultural readiness for change can…
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The New Leader’s Journal: Listening and learning
Started having lunch with top performers this week. Went three to four levels down and had lunch with two people who recently received top box performance reviews. Sat down and…
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The New Leader’s Journal: Step Down Meetings
First full week marked by a series of meetings with: - David’s team - Ellen’s team - Faith’s team The differences between the various teams were striking. Let me…
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