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The first 90 days : critical success strategies for new leaders at all levels / Michael Watkins.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c2003.Description: xvi, 253 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1591391105 (alk. paper)
  • 9781591391104 (alk. paper)
Other title:
  • First ninety days
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Contents:
Promote yourself -- Accelerate your learning -- Match strategy to situation -- Secure early wins -- Negotiate success -- Achieve alignment -- Build your team -- Create coalitions -- Keep your balance -- Expedite everyone -- Beyond sink or swim.
Review: "Written by noted leadership transition expert Michael Watkins, The First 90 Days outlines proven strategies that will dramatically shorten the time it takes to reach what Watkins calls the "breakeven point": the point at which your organization needs you as much as you need the job. Based on three years of research into leadership transitions at all levels and hands-on work designing transition programs for top companies."--BOOK JACKET.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 658.4 W335 Available 33111005710583
Total holds: 0

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The international bestseller and globally acknowledged bible on leadership and career transitions

Fully a quarter of all managers in major corporations enter new leadership roles each year. Whether their assignments involve starting a new job, being promoted internally, or embarking on an international assignment, how new leaders manage their transitions can mean the difference between success and failure.

In The First 90 Days , Michael D. Watkins, a noted expert on leadership transitions, offers proven strategies for moving successfully into a new role at any point in one's career. Concise and practical, The First 90 Days walks managers through every aspect of the transition, from mental preparation to forging the right alliances to securing critical early wins. Through vivid examples of successes and failures at all levels, Michael Watkins identifies the most common pitfalls new leaders encounter and provides tools and strategies for how to avoid them.

As hundreds of thousands of readers already know, The First 90 Days is your roadmap for taking charge quickly and effectively during critical career transition periods--whether you're a first-time manager, a midcareer professional on your way up, or a newly minted CEO.

Published by Harvard Business Review Press.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-246) and index.

Promote yourself -- Accelerate your learning -- Match strategy to situation -- Secure early wins -- Negotiate success -- Achieve alignment -- Build your team -- Create coalitions -- Keep your balance -- Expedite everyone -- Beyond sink or swim.

"Written by noted leadership transition expert Michael Watkins, The First 90 Days outlines proven strategies that will dramatically shorten the time it takes to reach what Watkins calls the "breakeven point": the point at which your organization needs you as much as you need the job. Based on three years of research into leadership transitions at all levels and hands-on work designing transition programs for top companies."--BOOK JACKET.

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