The world’s most trusted guide for leaders in transition

Transitions certainly are a critical time for leaders. Actually, most agree that getting into a new role may be the biggest challenge a supervisor will face. While transitions offer a chance to start out fresh and make needed changes in an organization, they also place leaders in a position of severe vulnerability. Missteps produced during the essential first 90 days in a fresh part can jeopardize or even derail your success.

In this updated and expanded version about The First 90 Days: Proven Approaches for Getting Up to Rate Faster and Smarter of the international bestseller The First 90 Days, Michael D. Watkins presents proven strategies for conquering the difficulties of transitions-no matter where you are in your career. Watkins, a noted expert on command transitions and adviser to mature leaders in all types of organizations, also addresses today’s increasingly demanding professional landscape, where managers encounter not only more frequent transitions but also steeper targets once they step into their new jobs.

By walking you through every aspect of the transition situation, Watkins identifies the most common pitfalls fresh leaders encounter and the tools and strategies you will need in order to avoid them. You’ll learn how to protected critical early is victorious, an important first step in establishing yourself in your new role. Each chapter also contains checklists, practical tools, and self-assessments to help you assimilate important lessons and apply them to your own situation.

Whether you’re starting a new job, being promoted from within, getting into an overseas task, or being tapped as CEO, how you manage your changeover will determine whether you succeed or fail. Use this publication as your trusted guide.