Revolutionize Your Talent Strategy: Supporting Employees Considering Retirement

Retirement is a significant milestone in life, and for many people, it can be an overwhelming...

Accelerating Leaders in Transition - Insights from Michael Watkins' Masterclass

The ever-evolving business landscape has put leadership transitions and team adjustments in the...

Navigating Retirement Transitions: Tips and Strategies for a Fulfilling Life

Retirement can be a difficult transition. With so much change happening all at once, it can be easy...

Genesis Advisers Co-Founder, Michael Watkins, Inducted into the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame

At Genesis Advisers, we are thrilled and proud to announce that our co-founder, Michael D. Watkins,...

Genesis Advisers Joins Forces with Adaptive Growth Solutions to Provide First 90 Days® Coaching Solutions

Boston, MA – Genesis Advisers, a leading executive leadership organization, is thrilled to announce...

New Article: The Unique Challenges of Developing R&D Leaders

I had the pleasure of co-authoring an article featured on chieflearningofficer.com, with David Lee,...

HBR Article: Start Your New Leadership Role with the End in Mind

I am excited to share my latest article on hbr.org, "Start Your New Leadership Role with the End in...

I by IMD Article: The executive's guide to generative AI: 10 essential truths, 5 unresolved uncertainties - and 1 overarching imperative

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a technological tsunami. Business leaders and their...

Embracing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging for a Better Future

As organizations strive for excellence and adaptability, recognizing the profound impact of...

Webinar Recap | Developing R&D Leaders: Challenges and Opportunities

Co-Founder of Genesis Michael Watkins and Genesis Leadership Consultant Janet Spencer recently...

I by IMD Article: Implementing Generative AI

The world of technology is witnessing the rapid rise of generative AI, a groundbreaking development...

Project Manager to Project Leader: A Development Journey in Global Healthcare

Genesis’ Leadership Development Journeys are designed to accelerate the development of leadership...

3 Ways to Navigate Change Using 'The First 90 Days'

Recently recognized as one of Harvard Business Review’s top 21 “Ideas With Impact” for its enduring...

The Importance of Morale

Since the pandemic, we have been seeking to describe the phenomenon of how feelings impact...

Artificial Intelligence: Can We Say No?

An Interview of Michael Watkins, Professor of Leadership at IMD

Channeling Your Emotional Energy for Performance and Well-Being

How would it feel to make those tough choices without feeling that weight in your chest? What would...

Your Productivity Self Check

In business, we are well versed in budgets and accounting to keep track of our resources, but in...

Tools to Help You Rebound Faster

Micro-resilience refers to implementing small changes that can have transformational effects. These...

How to Build Resilience

Resilience is the key factor to achieving many of our goals: inspiring leadership, a thriving...

Assess Your Personal Energy Budget

At some point, all of us experience a sense of lethargy: feeling unproductive and unable to get...

Helpful Checklist for Leaders as They Move Up

Most of us like the idea of moving up to higher and higher levels within our organizations, but...

Seven key skills for future leaders

Facing times of unprecedented peril, we need to urgently develop a pipeline of leaders capable of...

How to Build a Micro-Resilience Strategy and Toolkit

Sometimes thing don't go as planned. We’ve all been there. We’ve felt what it’s like to be...

How Insider CEO's Succeed

In their Harvard Business Review article "How Insider CEOs

How to Manage and Optimize Your Mental Energy

What would it mean for you to improve the mental energy you need to tackle your day-to-day?

How to Lead Authentically In Your First 90 Days

Taking on a new role is a critical leadership challenge. In the first 90 days, you must demonstrate...

5 Questions About Stakeholders You Need to Ask When Starting a New Job

As written by Michael Watkins in his highly popular Harvard Business Review article, "5 Questions...

Six Ways to Support Hidden Transitions

Succession planning that used to play out over months and years is now happening in days, leaving...

A Proven Formula for Balancing Strategy and Execution as a New CEO

In their recent Harvard Business Review article. "How CEOs Can Balance Strategy and Execution,"...

Managing Your Personal Energy: The Physical Battery

What if you could improve the physical energy you wake up to each day?

From Leader-As-Executor to Leader-As-Healer

Executives can reach peak performance by shrugging off the confines of constant “doing” and...

Your 5 Batteries: A Guide to Personal Energy Management

The future-of-work leadership model places increasing and new demands on leaders, and never before...

Accelerating Transitions in Hybrid Environments

In this episode of the Freshteams Leadership Podcast, the hosts interviewed Genesis cofounder,...

Reimagine Now to Thrive in the Next Normal

During a major crisis, the natural tendency is to focus on mobilizing your organization to meet the...

Are You Ready to Be Coached?

The Surprising Power of Peer Coaching

Many have explored the benefits of working one-on-one with an executive coach, but fewer have...

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HBR Ideacast 654: Stop Initiative Overload

Rose Hollister and Michael Watkins, consultants at Genesis Advisers, argue that many companies...

Success Strategies for New Leaders

In episode #11 of the Super Managers Podcast, Michael Watkins discusses some of the strategies that...

The Cheeky Scientist Podcast with Michael Watkins: Mastering the Onboarding Process

Below is a summary of an interview with Michael Watkins on the Cheeky Scientist podcast. You can...

Transitioning is a Core Leadership Skill

At HBR Live: Master Your Next Move, held in London, UK in October 2019, Michael Watkins spoke to an...

How To Ace Your Job in The First 90 Days

In this Forbes article, Michael Watkins offers his advice for successfully navigating the first...

Your Leadership Team COVID19 Health Check

Genesis Co-Founder Michael Watkins and Genesis Leadership Consultant Pat Costello created a simple...

Same Storm, Different Boats: Use a “COVID-19 Stress Index” to Assess Your People’s Energy Reserves

How should the COVID-19 Crisis change the way leaders engage with their teams? This question came...

Coaching Your People Through a Crisis

It’s all-too-easy to shift into “action mode” during a crisis and forget that your people are...

How to Empower Teams in Difficult Times with Coach-like Conversations

In his recent podcast with How to be Awesome at Your Job's Pete Mockaitis, Michael Watkins shares...

How Transition Coaches Accelerate Executive Onboarding

Many companies think they are doing a good job of onboarding newly-hired executives when they...

Onboarding New Leaders Remotely

In his co-authored article "Onboarding a New Leader Remotely,"published on HBR.org (May 2020),...

Looking for Opportunity in the Midst of Crisis

As the global pandemic forces countries into continued lockdown and entire industries into crisis...

Don’t Waste a Good Crisis

When you are in the midst of a major crisis – and the current situation with the Coronavirus...

The Essential Role of Effective Communication During CEO Transitions

Even in the best of circumstances, CEO transitions are challenging times. The transfer of power in...

Genesis Visits UNDP on Tour of Denmark Hosted by HBR Press

As part of a series of events organized by Tatarklubben, the Harvard Business Review Press...

7 Questions to Ask About Your Organization's Readiness for the Corona Virus Crisis

The Corona Virus is presenting virtually all organizations with unforeseen challenges. Is your...

Career Talk on Sirius XM 132 Wharton School of Business Radio Features Michael Watkins and The First 90 Days

On this episode of Career Talk, host Dr Dawn interviews two best-selling authors. During the first...

Michael Watkins Ranked in The Top 50 Global Management Influencers

Boston, MA – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Michael Watkins, leadership transitions expert and best-selling...

Do You Have What it Takes to Kill the Project You Love?

Innovation, according to the economist Joseph Schumpeter, is all about "creative destruction." He...

10 Attributes of Culture That Make It So Difficult to Change

While there is universal agreement that organizational culture plays a crucial role in shaping...

HBR Live in London: Master Your Next Move

With Michael Watkins, leadership transitions expert and author of the international bestseller The...

How to Onboard New Hires at Every Level

In "How to Onboard New Hires At Every Level" (Harvard Business Review, June 2019) Michael Watkins...

Michael Watkins on the Strong Suit Podcast

Jeff Hyman recently interviewed Michael Watkins on the Strong Suit Podcast about his recently...

How to Fast Track New Leader Success and Know When It's Time to Help

In his recent article for the US Chamber of Commerce, Genesis Cofounder Michael Watkins talks about...

Play to Potential Podcast: The ROI of Transition Support

In this podcast series, Michael Watkins is interviewed by podcast host Deepak Jalayaman about his...

When is Teamwork Really Necessary?

When leaders take new roles, they typically inherit someone else's team and need to assess,...

7 Ways to Set Up a New Hire for Success

In his article "7 Ways to Set Up a New Hire for Success," published on HBR.org (May 2019), Michael...

5 Questions to Ask When Starting a New Job

In "5 Questions to Ask When Starting a New Job" (Harvard Business Review, April 2019) Michael...

The First 90 Days for Re-Launchers

In this 30-minute 3-2-1 iRelaunch Podcast, Michael Watkins — best-selling author of The First 90...

An Interview with Harvard Business Review Press Executive Editor

In our recent Power Onboarding Webinar, Michael Watkins and Harvard Business Review Press Executive...

Master Your Next Move: The Essential Companion to The First 90 Days

Transitions into new roles are the most challenging times in the professional lives of leaders....

The First 90 Days Online: An Award-Winning Onboarding and Integration Platform

Have a new boss? Michael Watkins contributes practical suggestions on how you can assist their...

Transform Your Executive Onboarding in Four Steps

Earlier this year, Genesis hosted a webinar with an audience of over 350 senior executives...

Designing Onboarding Journeys for New Hires at All Levels

In a recent Power Onboarding Webinar, Michael Watkins and Genesis Leadership Consultants Rose...

Onboarding Isn't Enough: You Need to Integrate Your Executives

Research Points to Five Key Transition Tasks

The following is an excerpt from "Onboarding Isn't Enough" (Harvard Business Review, June 2017),...

The ROI of Onboarding

Genesis Co-Founder Michael Watkins was recently interviewed by Jeff Hyman on the Strong Suit...

If a Leader Fails, It's Because He/She Lacks Emotional Intelligence

On a recent trip to Barcelona coinciding with the release of The First 90 Days in Spanish, Michael...

Onboarding Journeys for Leaders, Teams and Organizations

Virtually all large companies are effective at the basics of signing up new hires. However, many...

10 Core Principles for Leading a Virtual Team

Below is a summary of an interview with Michael Watkins on Cheddar — a live and on-demand news...

Case Studies in Enterprise Onboarding

The First 90 Days was cited in this Forbes.com article about executive exit strategies entitled,...

Emerson Sets Leaders Up for Success With The First 90 Days

Genesis would like to share a client success story with you, the details of which were published in...

Interview With Emerson's Corporate Director of Learning

We are excited to share an interview with Emerson’s Corporate Director of Learning, Terrence...

A First 90 Days Master Class for Harvard Business Review Followers

Michael Watkins gave a live presentation to ca. 56K viewers on the Harvard Business Review Facebook...

Power Onboarding Webinars On Demand With Michael Watkins

Ten Key Elements of a Successful Transition

In this ten minute video interview Michael Watkins shares his formula for making successful...

The 7 Biggest Traps to Avoid in The First 90 Days

The 7 Biggest Traps to Avoid in The First 90 Days

How Effective is Your Company at Onboarding?

It is a well-supported fact that supporting new-hire onboarding dramatically increases...

How to Stop Initiative Overload in Your Organization

In their Harvard Business Review article, "Too Many Projects," Genesis Co-Founder, Michael Watkins,...

A Round-Up of Press Clippings

Genesis Co-Founder Michael Watkins, is the author of The First 90 Days and Master Your Next Move as...

The First 90 Days 2-Day Open Enrollment Course

Are you in transition—having recently joined a new business in a leadership role or about to do so...

5 Conversations You Need to Have With Your Boss

Whether you’ve just been promoted or newly hired, it’s difficult to adjust and find clarity in new...

Eight Traps to Avoid When You Take Over a Team

Eight Traps to Avoid When You Take Over a Team

The Surprising Frequency of Team Transitions

At any point in time, most leaders in large organizations are part of at least one team...

Why You Shouldn’t be Too Nice to Your New Hires

While speaking recently at an HR forum in Denmark, I learned a Danish word that perfectly captures...