Five actions insider CEOs should take right away
When a new CEO comes from within a company it can be challenging for all involved to assimilate to the shift in roles. There are actions that new CEOs can take to...
Michael D Watkins is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change at IMD, confounder of Genesis Advisers, and author of The First 90 Days, Master Your Next Move, Predictable Surprises, and 12 other books on leadership and negotiation. His new book, The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking, explores how executives can learn to think strategically and lead their organizations into the future. A Thinkers 50-ranked management influencer and recognized expert in his field, his work features in HBR Guides and HBR’s 10 Must Reads on leadership, teams, strategic initiatives, and new managers. He taught at Harvard, where he gained his PhD in decision sciences, and INSEAD before joining IMD, where he directs The First 90 Days and Transition to Business Leadership programs.
3 September 2021 • by Michael D. Watkins in Brain circuits • 3 min read
When a new CEO comes from within a company it can be challenging for all involved to assimilate to the shift in roles. There are actions that new CEOs can take to...
2 September 2021 • by Donna Teach, Michael D. Watkins in Leadership • 14 min read
Even in the best of circumstances, CEO transitions are challenging. The transfer of power in large organizations is a time of potential uncertainty and even instability....
13 August 2021 • by Suzanne C. De Janasz, Michael D. Watkins, Christopher Zintel, Susan Stehli in Leadership • 9 min read
It’s critical that any effective leader is able to effectively negotiate and manage conflict both inside and outside their organizations. Externally, they deal with customers, suppliers, investors and other stakeholders....
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