Your First 100 Days In a New Executive Job: Powerful First Steps On The Path to Greatness

Accelerate the time between job entry and job impact 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. Your First 100 Days in a New Executive Job will help you to seal your leadership, build a team you can count on, and have a bottom-line impact before your first few months on the job is up. It will take you through all the steps of successful executive onboarding and show you how to avoid the typical pitfalls. Hargrove emphasizes the importance of getting clear on your going-in mandate-your contract with key stakeholders. He also shows you how to use your first 100 days to declare an Impossible Future that represents the difference you want to make while delivering on your Day Job. According to Hargrove, the key idea is to go for quick wins that establish a virtuous circle of increasing credibility and help you to avoid a vicious circle of decreasing credibility. 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. * Have a story ready day one, as key stakeholders look for signals immediately: take symbolic action within 72 hours* Develop a teachable point of view: This is how we intend to win in this business* Build a team of 'A' players: get the right people on the bus* Declare an Impossible Future that unites warring tribes* Jumpstart your vision with 30, 60, 90-day catalytic breakthrough projects* Master the political chessboard and culture-It's all politics * Drive bottom-line results before the end of your first 100 day Click the Look Inside and begin reading right now to get a jump start on your first 100 days.…