The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter

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The world’s most trusted guide for leaders in transition

Transitions are a critical time for leaders. In fact, most agree that moving into a new role is the biggest challenge a manager will face. While transitions offer a chance to start fresh and make needed changes in an organization, they also place leaders in a position of acute vulnerability. Missteps made during the crucial first three months in a new role can jeopardize or even derail your success.

In this updated and expanded version of the international bestseller The First 90 Days, Michael D. Watkins offers proven strategies for conquering the challenges of transitions—no matter where you are in your career. Watkins, a noted expert on leadership transitions and adviser to senior leaders in all types of organizations, also addresses today’s increasingly demanding professional landscape, where managers face not only more frequent transitions but also steeper expectations once they step into their new jobs.

By walking you through every aspect of the transition scenario, Watkins identifies the most common pitfalls new leaders encounter and provides the tools and strategies you need to avoid them. You’ll learn how to secure critical early wins, an important first step in establishing yourself in your new role. Each chapter also includes checklists, practical tools, and self-assessments to help you assimilate key lessons and apply them to your own situation.

Whether you’re starting a new job, being promoted from within, embarking on an overseas assignment, or being tapped as CEO, how you manage your transition will determine whether you succeed or fail. Use this book as your trusted guide.

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3.8
23 reviews
Gabriel Perez
January 26, 2020
The book has references to diagrams and illustrations that aren't provided as extra document. Google refused to seek clarification from the publisher on why this supplemental material can't be included as a side download. Incomplete experience with just the audio.
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Caio Augusto
September 17, 2024
DON'T BUY. There is no accompanying PDF. It mentions images and graphs that are not available. This review will change if this gets fixed.
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David Figueroa
October 9, 2024
A bit directed only to high management but still as non manager employee I could take big advantage of it
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About the author

Michael D. Watkins is the world's foremost expert on accelerating leadership transitions. He is cofounder of Genesis, a leadership development consultancy based in Boston, Massachusetts, and the author of the international bestseller The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter.

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