Your First 100 Days in a New Executive Role
Powerful First Steps on the Path to Power
Whether you are a newly elected president, CEO, or executive at any level, what you do in your first 100 days will be absolutely pivotal to your success or failure.
In a new, high-stakes executive role, it is essential to establish a virtuous circle of increasing personal credibility and momentum, and avoid a vicious circle of diminishing credibility and inertia.
Hargrove will show you 10 critical success strategies for your first 100 days that take the mystery out of executive onboarding.
It teaches you to think in terms of three waves of change: 1) securing early wins, 2) attacking ‘A’ level priorities, and 3) establishing a long-term vision.
This book will expand your aspirations and motivations, and give you a treasure trove of practical, down-to-earth tips to immediately apply in your new leadership role.
Let this book be your most trusted guide in your first 100 days.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Don’t Just Hit the Ground Running, But Sprinting as the Clock is Ticking From Day One
1. Prepare Yourself for the Journey Before It Starts Do Your Due Diligence—Like Sherlock Holmes, Find a Watson to Discuss It With
2. Get Clear On Your Going-In Mandate—How to Accurately Assess Your Situation and Create a Strategy to Match
3. Realize an Impossible Future and Keep Your Day Job—Make Your Job a Transformational Assignment
4. Drafting Your 100 Day Plan—Jump Start Your Impossible Future, Get Bottom Line Results Fast
5. Deal Proactively With Turnarounds and Crisis—Never Waste a Good Crisis
6. Build a Team of ‘A Players—Get Me The Best In The World!
7. Master the Political Chessboard and Culture—Look Both Ways, Don’t Get Hit By a Bus
8. Launch 90-Day Catalytic Breakthrough Projects—Build Confidence and Credibility Through Quick Wins
9. Executive Time Management—Focus on Making a Difference, Not the Important
10. Track Accomplishments—How Am I Doing? Focus on the Scoreboard