A step-by-step plan for every leader in a new role-with downloadable forms and worksheets
Moving into a new position of leadership is one of the toughest challenges a businessperson can face. Nearly half of new leaders fail in their first eighteen months. Often, failure is the result of crucial mistakes made in the first 100 days-mistakes that end up crippling new leaders from the start. Critical mistakes made so early can be devastating for companies and leaders alike. But how do you avoid them?
Whether you're a veteran CEO taking over a new organization or a novice moving into your first leadership role, this practical guide will help you manage your leadership transition so you can take charge, build your team, and deliver results. In The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan, top executive transition experts from PrimeGenesis present proven solutions and cutting-edge techniques for each stage of the process of moving into your new role.
You'll find a comprehensive, easy-to-follow plan and a timeline that will keep you on track through your first 100 days in a new position. Filled with real-world examples and downloadable forms and worksheets, this one-of-a-kind book shows you how to deliver better results faster while building high-performing teams with lasting power. You'll master your new job-and the art of leadership-with proven tools and techniques for:
- Making a powerful first impression
- Turning key stakeholders and direct reports into your allies
- Building your new team with early wins
- Fitting into a new corporate culture-andshaping its evolution
- Creating, communicating, and implementing a new strategic direction
- Avoiding common mistakes and pitfalls
- Building loyalty, trust, and commitment across the organization
From well in advance of your first day on the job, The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan gives you the tools you need to succeed in your new leadership role.
Review:
"What a book! New and experienced managers at every level will 'fly' with this programmed learning."
--The Honorable Bruce S. Gelb former vice chairman, Bristol-Myers Squibb
"I love this book and wish I had read it before stepping into my current leadership role. It provides a practical and indispensable road map to success that will help new leaders stack the odds in their favor. Read it and don't be among the forty percent of leaders who fail in the first eighteen months!"
--Sandy Rogers former marketing manager, Procter & Gamble and Apple Computer, and former senior vice president, Corporate Strategy, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company
"The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan offers a comprehensive architecture with practical tools and techniques for new leaders to follow. I believe that leaders who utilize the advice from this book will have demonstrative business and culture-building results."
--Joe Bonito Vice President, Global Leadership Effectiveness, Pfizer
"One of the most basic yet comprehensive books I've read regarding the dos and don'ts of a successful on-boarding process. A must-read for all aspiring business leaders, from first-time CEO's to executives at every level of the organization. Also a great tool for human resources and talent manage-ment executives."
--Joe Griesedieck Vice Chairman, Korn/Ferry Executive Search
Table of contents:
1. Executive Summary - An "On-Boarding" process for leaders at every level.
PART I: BEFORE YOU ACCEPT A NEW LEADERSHIP ROLE.
2. SELL Yourself First - How to negotiate for a leadership position.
TOOLS.
2.1 Five Step Career Plan Worksheet.
2.2 Negotiating Worksheet.
3. Do your DUE DILIGENCE - Make sure the job, the culture and your new boss fit your strengths and weaknesses.
TOOLS.
3.1 5Cs Situation Analysis Guidelines.
3.2 SWOT Form.
3.3 Due Diligence Checklist.
PART II: THE 100 DAY ACTION PLAN.
4. You must start BEFORE DAY ONE - Especially with your boss and Key Stakeholders.
TOOLS.
4.1 100-day Checklist.
4.2 Stakeholder List.
4.3 On-Boarding Conversation Framework.
4.4 Relocation Checklist.
4.5 On-Boarding Checklist for HR.
5. Decide How to ENGAGE the New Culture- Assimilate, Converge & Evolve, or Shock
TOOLS.
5.1 ACES Framework.
6. Take control of DAY ONE - Make a powerful first impression
TOOLS.
6.1 Day One Checklist.
6.2 New Manager Assimilation Session.
7. Get Buy-in for the One BURNING IMPERATIVE and Create the New Strategy (by day 30).
TOOLS.
7.1 Imperative Workshop
8. Use key MILESTONES to drive team performance (by day 45).
TOOLS.
8.1 Milestone Management WorksheeT.
9. Invest in EARLY WINS to build team confidence (by day 60).
TOOLS.
9.1 Team Charter Worksheet*
10. Get the Right People in the Right Roles (by day 70)
TOOLS .
10.1 Performance/Potential Grid.
11. Shape the team CULTURE with an on-going communication campaign (throughout your first 100 days)
TOOLS.
11.1 Communication Campaign Milestone Guidelines.
11.2 Culture Change Management Worksheet.
11.3 Communication Planning Tool.
PART III: WHAT LEADERS KNOW.
12. ADJUST to the inevitable surprises.
TOOLS.
12.1 Crisis Management Checklist.
12.2 Crisis Communication Checklist.
13. AVOID the most common mistakes.
TOOLS.
13.1 The Seven Risks of On-Boarding.
14. BUILD Loyalty, Trust and Commitment
Appendices.
Team, Marketing and Strategic Planning Tools useful across steps
Appendix I: Strategic Planning
Appendix II: SIPOC Tool.
Appendix III: Decision Making Guidelines.
Appendix IV: Brand Positioning Tool.
Appendix V: Creative Brief Tool.
Appendix VI: Marketing Asset Management Tool.
Appendix VII: Partnerships/Alliances Guidelines.
Appendix VIII: Strategic Map Tool.
Appendix IX: Profit Pools Tool.
References.
Index.
About the Authors.
Moving into a new position of leadership is one of the toughest challenges a businessperson can face. Nearly half of new leaders fail in their first eighteen months. Often, failure is the result of crucial mistakes made in the first 100 days-mistakes that end up crippling new leaders from the start. Critical mistakes made so early can be devastating for companies and leaders alike. But how do you avoid them?
Whether you're a veteran CEO taking over a new organization or a novice moving into your first leadership role, this practical guide will help you manage your leadership transition so you can take charge, build your team, and deliver results. In The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan, top executive transition experts from PrimeGenesis present proven solutions and cutting-edge techniques for each stage of the process of moving into your new role.
You'll find a comprehensive, easy-to-follow plan and a timeline that will keep you on track through your first 100 days in a new position. Filled with real-world examples and downloadable forms and worksheets, this one-of-a-kind book shows you how to deliver better results faster while building high-performing teams with lasting power. You'll master your new job-and the art of leadership-with proven tools and techniques for:
- Making a powerful first impression
- Turning key stakeholders and direct reports into your allies
- Building your new team with early wins
- Fitting into a new corporate culture-andshaping its evolution
- Creating, communicating, and implementing a new strategic direction
- Avoiding common mistakes and pitfalls
- Building loyalty, trust, and commitment across the organization
From well in advance of your first day on the job, The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan gives you the tools you need to succeed in your new leadership role.
Review:
"What a book! New and experienced managers at every level will 'fly' with this programmed learning."
--The Honorable Bruce S. Gelb former vice chairman, Bristol-Myers Squibb
"I love this book and wish I had read it before stepping into my current leadership role. It provides a practical and indispensable road map to success that will help new leaders stack the odds in their favor. Read it and don't be among the forty percent of leaders who fail in the first eighteen months!"
--Sandy Rogers former marketing manager, Procter & Gamble and Apple Computer, and former senior vice president, Corporate Strategy, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company
"The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan offers a comprehensive architecture with practical tools and techniques for new leaders to follow. I believe that leaders who utilize the advice from this book will have demonstrative business and culture-building results."
--Joe Bonito Vice President, Global Leadership Effectiveness, Pfizer
"One of the most basic yet comprehensive books I've read regarding the dos and don'ts of a successful on-boarding process. A must-read for all aspiring business leaders, from first-time CEO's to executives at every level of the organization. Also a great tool for human resources and talent manage-ment executives."
--Joe Griesedieck Vice Chairman, Korn/Ferry Executive Search
Table of contents:
1. Executive Summary - An "On-Boarding" process for leaders at every level.
PART I: BEFORE YOU ACCEPT A NEW LEADERSHIP ROLE.
2. SELL Yourself First - How to negotiate for a leadership position.
TOOLS.
2.1 Five Step Career Plan Worksheet.
2.2 Negotiating Worksheet.
3. Do your DUE DILIGENCE - Make sure the job, the culture and your new boss fit your strengths and weaknesses.
TOOLS.
3.1 5Cs Situation Analysis Guidelines.
3.2 SWOT Form.
3.3 Due Diligence Checklist.
PART II: THE 100 DAY ACTION PLAN.
4. You must start BEFORE DAY ONE - Especially with your boss and Key Stakeholders.
TOOLS.
4.1 100-day Checklist.
4.2 Stakeholder List.
4.3 On-Boarding Conversation Framework.
4.4 Relocation Checklist.
4.5 On-Boarding Checklist for HR.
5. Decide How to ENGAGE the New Culture- Assimilate, Converge & Evolve, or Shock
TOOLS.
5.1 ACES Framework.
6. Take control of DAY ONE - Make a powerful first impression
TOOLS.
6.1 Day One Checklist.
6.2 New Manager Assimilation Session.
7. Get Buy-in for the One BURNING IMPERATIVE and Create the New Strategy (by day 30).
TOOLS.
7.1 Imperative Workshop
8. Use key MILESTONES to drive team performance (by day 45).
TOOLS.
8.1 Milestone Management WorksheeT.
9. Invest in EARLY WINS to build team confidence (by day 60).
TOOLS.
9.1 Team Charter Worksheet*
10. Get the Right People in the Right Roles (by day 70)
TOOLS .
10.1 Performance/Potential Grid.
11. Shape the team CULTURE with an on-going communication campaign (throughout your first 100 days)
TOOLS.
11.1 Communication Campaign Milestone Guidelines.
11.2 Culture Change Management Worksheet.
11.3 Communication Planning Tool.
PART III: WHAT LEADERS KNOW.
12. ADJUST to the inevitable surprises.
TOOLS.
12.1 Crisis Management Checklist.
12.2 Crisis Communication Checklist.
13. AVOID the most common mistakes.
TOOLS.
13.1 The Seven Risks of On-Boarding.
14. BUILD Loyalty, Trust and Commitment
Appendices.
Team, Marketing and Strategic Planning Tools useful across steps
Appendix I: Strategic Planning
Appendix II: SIPOC Tool.
Appendix III: Decision Making Guidelines.
Appendix IV: Brand Positioning Tool.
Appendix V: Creative Brief Tool.
Appendix VI: Marketing Asset Management Tool.
Appendix VII: Partnerships/Alliances Guidelines.
Appendix VIII: Strategic Map Tool.
Appendix IX: Profit Pools Tool.
References.
Index.
About the Authors.