Moving into a new position of leadership is one of the toughest challenges people face. Nearly half of new leaders fail in their first eighteen months. Often, failure is the result of crucial mistakes made in the very beginning. Critical mistakes made so early can be devastating for companies and leaders alike. But how can organizations and new leaders avoid them?

Learn how new leaders can take charge, build their teams, and get great results in new roles faster than anyone thought possible. This is important because of the time value of accelerated performance and because delivering better results faster is the best way to reduce the risk of failure in a new leadership role. This talk focuses on how to manage onboarding as a process with discrete steps, invest in pre-boarding preparation before the start, and the need to focus on accelerating team performance after the pivot point of day one.

Attendees will be ready to manage the different stages of onboarding to deliver better results faster and to help others do the same. In this session you will learn to:

• Leverage the fuzzy front end between acceptance and day one to get a head start with pre-boarding conversations structured around learning, expectations and implementation
• Manage Day One and the all-important initial impressions
• Put in place building blocks of Tactical Capacity in the first 100 days in a new role to accelerate the development of a high performing team and deliver better results faster
  • Get buy in to the one burning IMPERATIVE
  • Use key MILESTONES to drive team performance
  • Invest in EARLY WINS to build team confidence
  • Get the right people in the right ROLES with the right support
  • Shape the team CULTURE with an on-going communication campaign.