The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels Unabridged on 6 CDs Audio CD Author: Michael (Author); Watkins | Language: English | ISBN:
B002NBXQ6E | Format: EPUB
The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels Unabridged on 6 CDs Audio CD Description
- Audio CD
- Publisher: Coach in a Box (2007)
- Language: English
- ASIN: B002NBXQ6E
This book is not just for managers at the executive level. It's also for you and me. It's for functional managers, project managers, and supervisors. The book targets new leaders at all levels that are making the transition from one rung of the ladder to the next.
If you have just been promoted to a new leadership position (or expect to be soon), then this book is for you.
The book outlines ten strategies that will shorten the time it takes you to reach what Watkins calls the breakeven point: the point at which your organization needs you as much as you need the job. Here they are ... the ten strategies:
1. PROMOTE YOURSELF. Make a mental break from your old job. Prepare to take charge in the new one. Don't assume that what has made you successful so far will continue to do so. The dangers of sticking with what you know, working hard at doing it, and failing miserably are very real.
2. ACCELERATE YOUR LEARNING. Climb the learning curve as fast as you can in your new organization. Understand markets, products, technologies, systems, and structures, as well as its culture and politics. It feels like drinking from a fire hose. So you have to be systematic and focused about deciding what you need to learn.
3. MATCH STRATEGY TO SITUATION. There are no universal rules for success in transitions. You need to diagnose the business situation accurately and clarify its challenges and opportunities. The author identifies four very different situations: launching a start-up, leading a turnaround, devising a realignment, and sustaining a high-performing unit. You need to know what your unique situation looks like before you develop your action plan.
4. SECURE EARLY WINS. Early victories build your credibility and create momentum.
This book is a great and practical guide to help any leader transition into a new job, position, and organization--within 90 days (a critical timeframe to be considered as "hitting the ground running"). There's a checklist at the end of every chapter to help you absorb key lessons, apply them to your situation, and tailor them to your own transition plan. The book is loaded with practical strategies, lessons, and advice for a smooth transition.
The First 90 Days - Chapter Summaries:
INTRODUCTION: THE FIRST 90 DAYS
- The actions you take in your first three months in a new job will largely determine whether you succeed or fail.
1. Promote Yourself: Make the mental break from your old job and prepare to take charge in the new one. The biggest pitfall you face is to assume that what has made you successful to this point in your career will continue to do so.
2. Accelerate Your Learning: Accelerate the learning curve as fast as you can in your new organization. Understand its markets, products, technologies, systems, structures, and culture, and politics.
3. Match Strategy to Situation: Diagnose the business situation accurately and clarify its challenges and opportunities.
4. Secure Early Wins: Early wins build your credibility and create momentum.
5. Negotiate Success: Figure out how to build a productive working relationship with your new boss and manage his/her expectations. Plan for a series of critical conversations. Develop and gain consensus on your 90-day plan.
6. Achieve Alignment: Figure out whether the organization's strategy is sound. Bring its structure into alignment with its strategy.
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