Have you recently been handed a new leadership challenge? Are you about to start a new job, or are you expecting a big promotion?
Before you do, let “Right From the Start” prepare you for the often treacherous task of navigating an organization’s strategy, politics, and culture. It will help make your leadership transition both smooth and effective.
Whether you are succeeding a much-admired boss or charged with implementing potentially unsettling change initiatives, a new role is fraught with obstacles that can undermine your efforts to establish authority and build support. In “Right From the Start,” authors Ciampa and Watkins lay out an action-oriented plan to follow during the first six months in a new job. The tactical advice is supplemented with absorbing profiles of CEOs, COOs, and EVPs who candidly discuss their experiences — the successes and the failures — with transitioning to a new leadership role.
