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    The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter
    The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter
    The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter
    Audiobook6 hours

    The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter

    Written by Michael D. Watkins

    Narrated by Grover Gardner

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    About this audiobook

    The world's most trusted guide for leaders in transition

    Transitions are a critical time for leaders. In fact, most agree that moving into a new role is the biggest challenge a manager will face. While transitions offer a chance to start fresh and make needed changes in an organization, they also place leaders in a position of acute vulnerability. Missteps made during the crucial first three months in a new role can jeopardize or even derail your success.

    In this updated and expanded version of the international bestseller The First 90 Days, Michael D. Watkins offers proven strategies for conquering the challenges of transitions-no matter where you are in your career. Watkins, a noted expert on leadership transitions and adviser to senior leaders in all types of organizations, also addresses today's increasingly demanding professional landscape, where managers face not only more frequent transitions but also steeper expectations once they step into their new jobs.

    By walking you through every aspect of the transition scenario, Watkins identifies the most common pitfalls new leaders encounter and provides the tools and strategies you need to avoid them. You'll learn how to secure critical early wins, an important first step in establishing yourself in your new role. Each chapter also includes checklists, practical tools, and self-assessments to help you assimilate key lessons and apply them to your own situation.

    Whether you're starting a new job, being promoted from within, embarking on an overseas assignment, or being tapped as CEO, how you manage your transition will determine whether you succeed or fail. Use this book as your trusted guide.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAscent Audio
    Release dateApr 23, 2013
    ISBN9781469025476
    The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter
    Author

    Michael D. Watkins

    Michael D. Watkins is a professor of leadership and organizational change at the IMD Business School and a cofounder of Genesis Advisers. In 2023, he was inducted into the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame in recognition of his decades of contributions to management and leadership. Originally from Canada, Michael received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo, did graduate work in law and business at the University of Western Ontario, and completed his Ph.D. in decision sciences at Harvard University. He subsequently was a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard Business School and an affiliate faculty member at the Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation. Michael is the author of sixteen books, including Right From the Start (with Dan Ciampa), The First 90 Days, Shaping the Game, and Master Your Next Move. The First 90 Days has been called “the onboarding bible” by the Economist and is an Amazon “100 Leadership and Success Books to Read in a Lifetime.” An international bestseller, it has also been translated into 20 languages. He is also the author or co-author of dozens of articles on leadership in the Harvard Business Review and Sloan Management Review. In addition to his research and writing, Michael coaches C-level executives taking new roles, supports leadership team development at senior levels, and consults extensively on organizational transformation.  

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    • 5/5
      Great book with insightful advice for starting and progressing in your career.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This is an amazing 'Must read' for any business executive going through a transition period - either in form of a promotion, transfer or job role change. It provides practical guidelines and tools to ensuring a smooth start, and avoiding unnecessary first mistakes.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      A must read and a re-read. In a world of complexity, this book comes with simple, practical, and proven experiences.
    • 5/5
      Good book to read . Thanks for indicate this book.
    • 5/5
      This is an awesome book with a lot of different ways to improve and ideas to be successful in the first months!
    • 5/5
      Eye opener !! I hope they come up with an associated workbook
    • 4/5
      Excellent resource when facing career change or any major life changes