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 enlarge | Author: Michael Watkins
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  79 reviews
Sales Rank: 929
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.8 x 1
ISBN: 1591391105
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.4
EAN: 9781591391104
ASIN: 1591391105
Publication Date: September 18, 2003
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 The First 90 Days March 9, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The ideas and strategies presented in this book are very powerful. I've had numerous transitions in my career, some with Fortune 500 companies, and the tools in this book would have been incredibly useful. No companies I worked for have provided any transition guidance, regardles of size and resources. Unfortunately it's always been 'sink or swim'.
If you have a job or position change in the offing, this book is a must!
Great Book for New Leaders March 8, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book offers excellent advise for someone moving into a leadership role. It explains the importance of a strategy and plan in ensuring success as you transition from an individual contributor to a leader. Some of the skills and traits that made us successful previously may not be beneficial in our new role. We need to know what to keep and what to let go. This book offers a practical plan on what to focus on during the "first 90 days" in your new job. I recommend reading this book PRIOR to moving into a leadership position.
Good book for new managers at any level February 18, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very good book to read when transitioning into a new leadership situation at any level. Lots of good ideas laid out in a clear/structured manner.
A Must Read February 15, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a must read for anyone taking on a new position or being promoted. I highly recommend this book along with the authors' latest on negotiation.
Practical, easy read, good information for new and seasoned managers...
The First 90 Days - worth reading January 27, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
It is all to easy in a new job to launch in with what we think are clear mandates, work with vigor and enthusiasm to turn them into plans that we think will benefit the company and the people who work for us only to realize that the glittering darkness at the end of our launch silo is not a starry night sky but a wall embedded with wreckage to which we will shortly add. "The First 90 Days..." explains the challenges that we can encounter, which are most likely for each of four types of situations, and what we can do to keep them from becoming bricks in that wall.
I won't make another job move without re-reading this book and analyzing the new situation as it suggests. It provides a good framework for understanding the type of situations one can move into. It has checklists of things to focus on and questions to ask by situation type and time frame starting before the first day and on through the first 90 days. I particularly liked the "Conversations to have with your new boss". Not only does Watkins describe the things that we as newcomers and our bosses need to have a clear understanding of but he provides a framework of several conversations and how and when to initiate them in order to facilitate the understanding. I highly recommend it for any position change.
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