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Leadership Transitions
As written by Michael Watkins in his highly popular Harvard Business Review article, "5 Questions to Ask When Starting a New Job," one of the most important tasks is focusing on the right things. Another key task is identifying and building...
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In business leadership it is very often the case that the skills and approach that made a leader successful in one organization will not guarantee the same results in another, or as Marshall Goldsmith put it, "What got you here, won't get you...
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At HBR Live: Master Your Next Move, held in London, UK in October 2019, Michael Watkins spoke to an audience of senior executives and talent management professionals about the eight common transition challenges that most leaders encounter in their...
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In this Forbes article, Michael Watkins offers his advice for successfully navigating the first crucial days in a new role and underscores the importance of making a good first impression. The article is based on an interview he originally gave with...
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Many companies think they are doing a good job of onboarding newly-hired executives when they actually aren’t...
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Even in the best of circumstances, CEO transitions are challenging times. The transfer of power in large organizations long has been recognized as a time of potential uncertainty and even instability. In fact, the term ‘interregnum’ was coined by...
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With Michael Watkins, leadership transitions expert and author of the international bestseller The First 90 Days.
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In her August 2017 Harvard Business Review article "What to Do When You're Returning to a Company You Used to Work For," Rebecca Knight interviewed Michael Watkins about "boomerang employees," giving practical advice for how to reintroduce yourself...
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