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First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels: Proven Straegies for Getting up to Speed faster and smarter
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Since its original release, “The First 90 Days” has become the bestselling globally acknowledged bible of leadership and career transitions. In this updated and expanded 10th anniversary edition, internationally known leadership transition expert Michael D. Watkins gives you the keys to successfully negotiating your next move – whether you’re onboarding into a new company, being promoted internally, or embarking on an international assignment. In “The First 90 Days”, Watkins outlines proven strategies that will dramatically shorten the time it takes to reach what he calls the “breakeven point” – when your organization needs you as much as you need the job. This new edition includes a substantial new preface by the author on the new definition of a career as a series of transitions; and notes the growing need for effective and repeatable skills for moving through these changes. As well, updated statistics and new tools make this book more reader-friendly and useful than ever. As hundreds of thousands of readers already know, “The First 90 Days” is a road map for taking charge quickly and effectively during critical career transition periods – whether you are a first-time manager, a mid-career professional on your way up, or a newly minted CEO.
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by Gavin Deadman
Transitioning to a new role can cause anxiety and stress for weeks, but this book by Michael Watkins helps diagnose your situations, define the core challenges, and design plans to create momentum which results in a more successful and comfortable transition.
Hundreds of thousands of leaders have benefited from this approach, which independent research has shown reduces time to break-even by as much as 40%.
The book includes case studies of failed transitions and clearly explains how to avoid them by preparing yourself, setting your boundaries, listening, learning, collobrating, creating alliances, securing early wins and managing yourself.
“Effective leaders strike the right balance between doing (making things happen) and being (observing and reflecting)”…
…this nugget from the book is equally true even when you’re not transitioning to a new role.
I’d definitely recommend this book.
by Gavin Deadman
Vey helpful book! But you need more then 90days to read it.
by erwin bos
Excellent book that goes into great detail and really helps you to guide you through your first 90 days. It is not an ‘easy’ read but what do you expect from a HBR title ? I have recommended it to a few and they are also very pleased with it
by Dr Evil
Sound and practical advice and wisdom
by Chengeto Zvavamwe
I wish I had started reading this book at the beginning of my career. The author outlines the obstacles faced by professionals in new positions suggesting solutions that are practical and implementable.
by @Timothy_Hughes
Are you starting a new role and onboarding or just been promoted?
This book is the blueprint you need to be make a success in the first 90 days
With proven strategies, check lists, evaluation tools, it has chapters on what to do and chapters on not what to do. How to understand people, build alliances, how to build your team and how to manage yourself.
It’s a book you can keep coming back to as you move through your career.
“The First 90 Days” is a book I’ve been searching to read for years.
by catholic reader
About 5% of the leaders who seek help from me about imposter syndrome, don’t have imposter syndrome at all.
They are really lacking the skill of starting a new role.
Because good leadership is often considered a ‘natural talent’, wrongly I might add, these leaders think it’s just them, that they’re not a good enough leader. It causes huge stress and holds them back from stellar careers.
For these leaders, I always recommend ‘The First 90 Days’ because the book’s implicit message is ‘leadership is a skill’. I’m grateful for that.
But more importantly, Michael Watkins lays out a framework and a strategy for excellence in a leadership transition. Even ‘soft skills’ like company cutlure and politics.
Fabulous book, and if you’re starting a new role, read it now.
by ALBA
Clearly written, even for those who do not read ‘management studies’, well reasoned, and in many places is well aware of the realities that face any Manager. Provides thoughtful and clear advice on how to plan an effective ‘on boarding’. I also believe, and I am sure the author expects that executive level readers should clearly possess the ability to adapt the procedures , policies, plans and advice given to their own circumstances. However, I would also echo other reviewers, despite making some clear allowance for realities, this book is best suited to chief excecutives, rather than those limited to what they can change at middle management in ‘legacy ridden’ companies. Food for thought, but not quite the ‘holy grail’, its apparent belief that it is only detracts from its effectiveness.