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Five Mistakes Newly Promoted Leaders Make
Watkins, Michael D.Article HBS-U0810B-ELeadership and People ManagementWhat you do and what you say during the first 90 days of your new leadership role has a huge impact on your chances of success, says best-selling author and leadership expert Michael Watkins. This succinct article lists the five most common mistakes new lStarting at €8.20
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How Insider CEOs Succeed
Chastain, Andrew P.; Watkins, Michael D.Article HBS-R2002D-ECEOs who are hired from outside the company tend to get far more attention, not to mention support with the transition to their new role, than CEOs promoted from the inside do. Leaders who come from within the firm, it's assumed, already know the organizaStarting at €8.20
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Three Keys to Getting an Overseas Assignment Right
Clouse, Mark Alan; Watkins, Michael D.Article HBS-R0910N-ELeadership and People ManagementAn international assignment can be among the most exciting and challenging transitions that an aspiring leader can undertake. With the right planning and attitudes, taking on that kind of leadership role can stretch capabilities, challenge assumptions, and steer both people and profits in a positive direction. But an expat assignment can also be a harrowing journey. Indeed, if they've never made an international move before, emerging leaders can ...Starting at €8.20
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Leadership Team: Complementary Strengths or Conflicting Agendas
Miles, Stephen A.; Watkins, Michael D.Article HBS-R0704F-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Senior leadership teams whose members play complementary roles have been chronicled as far back as Homer's account of the Trojan War: Although King Agamemnon commanded the Greek army, Achilles, Odysseus, and Nestor each played a distinct role in defeating Troy. Tod...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 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 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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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 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 Plan to Dump the Brent Spar (A) (Spanish version)
Watkins, Michael D.; Passow, SamuelCase HBS-909S03StrategyThis case explores the conflict between Shell Oil and Greenpeace over Shell's plans to sink the aging Brent Spar oil platform in the North Atlantic. It details the tactics Greenpeace employed and examines Shell's responses.Starting at €8.20