Leader's First 90 Days comes by Michael D. Watkins' The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels. A huge thank you for them providing illumination for leaders around the world.
Let's try to use the concept of a break-even point. You can define the break-even point as when your contributed value to Axelerant is more than what you've consumed from it. Let's arrive at the break-even point as fast as possible.
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Diagnose your situation to understand its transition type better.
More Offense (new markets, new products) | More Defense (defending market share, improving existing products) | |
More Learning (deepening understanding) | Realignment: revitalize a unit that’s drifting into trouble | Sustaining Success: preserving a successful org and taking it to the next level |
More Doing (initiating changes, hiring, etc.) | Startup: assembling capabilities to get a new business off the ground | Turnaround: take a troubled group and get it back on track. |
Transition Awareness
Transition Type | Challenges | Opportunities | Organization or Domain Psychology |
Startup | |||
Turnaround | |||
Realignment | |||
Sustaining Success |
Situational Awareness
Which of the 4 STaRS situations are you facing?
What are the implications for the challenges and opportunities?
What are the implications for your learning agenda?
Which of your skills/strengths are likely to be most valuable? Or get you into trouble?
What’s the prevailing frame of mind? What psychology transformations do you need to make?
Should your early focus be on offense or defense?
What’s the mix of types of situations you’re managing? Which portions of your unit are in each situation? What are the implications for managing and rewarding people?
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