Includes bibliographical references (page 223) and index.
THE NEW LEADER'S 100-DAY ACTION PLAN; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Executive Summary; How to Quickly Build a Highly Effective Team or Organization: The Core Principles; People-Plans-Practices-P3; Tactical Capacity; The 100-Day Action Plan; Part I Before You Accept a New Leadership Role; Part II The 100-Day Action Plan; Part III What Leaders Know; Part I: BEFORE YOU ACCEPT A NEW LEADERSHIP ROLE; Chapter 2: Sell Yourself First; Tool 2.1 Five-Step Career Plan; Tool 2.2-Negotiating Worksheet; Sell Yourself First-Summary and Implications; Chapter 3: Do Your Due Diligence.
Location CountsThe Power of Signs and Symbols; Understanding the Culture; Sometimes You Go to the Team and Sometimes You Go to the Boss; Optics Count; Not Communicating Communicates; Read the Signs-To Suit or Not to Suit?; Day One-Summary and Implications; Chapter 7: Get Buy-In for the One Burning Imperative and Create the New Strategy (by Day 30); Burning Imperative; Mission; Vision; The Case of Multiple Purposes; Workshop Attendance and Timing; Burning Imperative-Summary and Implications; Chapter 8: Use Key Milestones to Drive Team Performance (by Day 45); Fit with the Broader Group.
Organization RiskRole Risk; Personal Risk; Fundamental Questions; Making It Happen; Due Diligence-Summary and Implications; Part II: THE 100-DAY ACTION PLAN; Chapter 4: You Must Start before Day One; Key Stakeholders; Personal Set Up; Prestart Meetings and Phone Calls; Prestart Information and Learning; Learning; Fuzzy Front End-Summary and Implications; Chapter 5: Decide How to Engage the New Culture; Knowing, in Advance, What Is Going to Be Different; Engage with the New Culture-Summary and Implications; Chapter 6: Take Control of Day One; Your Agenda as a Symbol of What's Important.
Performance/PotentialStructure; Roles/Capabilities-Summary and Implications; Chapter 11: Shape the Team Culture with an Ongoing Communication Campaign (throughout Your First 100 Days); Communication-Shaping the Team Culture; Message; Communication Points; Signs and Symbols, Icons, Heroes and Devils; Media; Touch Points; Launch; Cascade Milestones; Repeating the Message; Celebrate Early Wins; Reinforce; Institutionalizing the Change; The Case of the Filtered Vision; Culture/Communication-Summary and Implications; Part III: WHAT LEADERS KNOW; Chapter 12: Adjust to the Inevitable Surprises.
SMART Goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time Bound)Required Resources; Link between Performance and Consequences; Actions and Milestones along the Way; Milestone-Summary and Implications; Chapter 9: Invest in Early Wins to Build Team Confidence (by Day 60); Get to Where the Puck Is Going; Championing the Champions; Redefining Success; Charter the Team; Early Win-Human Vending Machines; Early Win/Plans-Summary and Implications; Chapter 10: Get the Right People in the Right Roles (by Day 70); Strengths; Motivation; Fit; How Fast Should You Move on the Team?
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Praise for The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan"What a book! New and experienced managers at every level will 'fly' with this programmed learning."--The Honorable Bruce S. Gelb former vice chairman, Bristol-Myers Squibb"I love this book and wish I had read it before stepping into my current leadership role.