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Designing Companywide Transition-Acceleration Systems: Basic Design Principles
Watkins, Michael D.Book Chapter HBS-5348BC-EWhile there are many different types of transitions leaders will go through in their careers, there are certain underlying imperatives that are fundamental to all of them: to diagnose the situation rapidly and well, to crystallize the organizational-change and personal development challenges, to craft a plan that creates momentum, and to manage them for personal excellence. What are the implications for how companies should accelerate key transit...Starting at €8.20
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The Turnaround Challenge: A Leader's Guide to Navigating this Important Career Transition
Watkins, Michael D.Book Chapter HBS-5351BC-EWhen it comes to turnarounds, time is of the essence. Your initial actions as the new leader of a turnaround should be aimed at immediately stabilizing the business, preserving the core so it will survive. Then you can shift your attention to reworking the business, laying the foundation for growth. In this chapter, transition acceleration expert Michael Watkins shows you how to quickly diagnose the situation and define the central organizational...Starting at €8.20
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The Promotion Challenge: The Leader's Guide to Navigating this Important Career Transition
Watkins, Michael D.Book Chapter HBS-5342BC-EA promotion marks the end of years of hard work to persuade influential people in the organization that you're willing and able to move to the next level. But it also marks the beginning of a new journey in which you must figure out what it takes to excel in that new role, how to exceed the expectations of those who promoted you, and how to position yourself for still-greater things. This is the promotion challenge, and in this chapter, transitio...Starting at €8.20
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The Realignment Challenge: A Leader's Guide to Navigating this Important Career Transition
Watkins, Michael D.Book Chapter HBS-5350BC-EOn the surface, turnaround and realignment scenarios can look remarkably similar. But there are important differences between them--differences that have a significant impact on the strategy a new leader will adopt to address the transition challenge at hand. In realignments, the first order of business is education: as the new leader you must create a sense of urgency among people, many of whom won't even recognize that a problem exists. In this...Starting at €8.20
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The Onboarding Challenge: A Leader's Guide to Navigating this Important Career Transition
Watkins, Michael D.Book Chapter HBS-5339BC-EJoining an established business from the outside is never easy. The new leadership role is often ill-defined, the organizational architecture will most likely be unfamiliar, and the politics are even more complex than usual. To increase the odds of success in their new roles, onboarding executives need to recognize that each company has its own distinct "immune system" comprising the organization's culture and political networks. As in the human ...Starting at €8.20
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The International Move Challenge: A Leader's Guide to Navigating this Important Career Transition
Watkins, Michael D.Book Chapter HBS-5338BC-EAs more companies go global, more and more executives are leaving the comforts of their native customs and cultures to pursue leadership opportunities abroad. The stakes are high, as many companies face mature domestic markets and are counting on international markets to drive growth. Executives taking on international assignments face both the usual challenges of transitioning into new roles and the added pressures of settling their families int...Starting at €8.20
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Your Next Move--Understanding the Challenges of Eight Classic Career Transitions
Watkins, Michael D.Book Chapter HBS-5336BC-EYou've got big plans and ambitions in your career, and you've done well. But are you ready for your next move? Because your path to the top will be built through a series of major career moves, and each time you make a change you have the opportunity to shine or to stumble. Shine and you will be positioned for still greater things. Stumble and you may never recover. Whether you've been promoted, are joining a new company, or moving to an office a...Starting at €8.20
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The Leading-Former-Peers Challenge: A Guide to Navigating this Important Career Transition
Watkins, Michael D.Book Chapter HBS-5341BC-EIf it hasn't happened already, it is very likely that you will experience the challenge of leading former peers at some point in your career. Many go through it multiple times as they climb the corporate ladder. But too many learn to make this challenging transition through trial and error. They make predictable mistakes, like not establishing sufficient authority with new teams or not understanding that their relationship with their boss must ch...Starting at €8.20
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The STARS Portfolio Challenge: A Leader's Guide to Navigating this Important Career Transition
Watkins, Michael D.Book Chapter HBS-5349BC-EIt's possible that as a new leader in an organization, you'll encounter one of the following transition scenarios: start-up, turnaround, accelerated growth, realignment, or sustaining success. The reality, however, is that you'll rarely encounter a pure situation that fits neatly into one category. Instead, it's likely that you will inherit a complex mix of all of them--a STARS portfolio, with different parts of your organization immersed in thei...Starting at €8.20
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The Corporate Diplomacy Challenge: A Leader's Guide to Navigating this Important Career Transition
Watkins, Michael D.Book Chapter HBS-5340BC-EMany leaders are used to wielding authority and making executive decisions with their place in the hierarchy in mind. But what happens when leaders move into positions where getting things done suddenly depends more on influence and the ability to build coalitions of support than on authority? Whether your new role involves navigating within a "matrix" organization, negotiating with powerful external partners, such as government agencies, or lead...Starting at €8.20