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A worksheet presented at past CEMBA leadership classes identifying 17 transition challenges in six dimensions of an onboarding plan: your job fit, managing the boss, connecting with peers, managing early team encounters, analyzing the work, dealing with other stakeholders. A…

HBR article from Michael Watkins, the guru of job transitions. He argues that organizations are doing a poor job assimilating new hires and provides startling data on the mismatch between seven stumbling blocks of new leaders and what companies actually…

About six months into a new role turns out to be a good time to assess your progress and perception in the new role.  Here is a simple 10 item survey that covered many of the essential areas leaders need…

getAbstract provides a set of book summaries aimed directly at the transitioning leader. Review these summaries and then buying a few of the books to build a personal onboarding library: Leadership Passages – Dotlich Leadership Transitions – Eisner The New…