Having a well-considered transition plan written before day one can have a significant impact on the success of your transition. Ideally you should sense check your plan with people inside and outside of your organization. The common blind spot I see in many transition plans is the absence of a section on learning. They are […]

This was one of the many practical pieces of advice that came out of a panel of Global CHROs I had the privilege of interviewing late last year. All had recently undertaken a new CHRO role and were generously sharing their reflections from their transitions. The webinar was organized on the back of a piece of […]

If your executive onboarding program does not support diversity and inclusion, then this might be the point at which your D&I initiatives start to struggle. Executive onboarding in many organisations is poor at best. It is often the first occasion to disappoint the leader you have just convinced to take a risk and join your […]

A change is an event that occurs regardless of the person’s willingness, whereas a transition is a choice and a psychological process (Bridges 2003). All leaders are currently going through a significant change, but are your leaders consciously / proactively pushing forward with the transition or are they being dragged along kicking and screaming? Are […]

Female executives face more and varied challenges than their male counterparts across their career progress. Based on what we know about some of these challenges, how can organisations better support their leadership transitions? It is suggested that female leaders, compared to male leaders, are: less likely to talk about their achievements less likely to associate […]

There is a commonly accepted statement; ‘we judge ourselves by our intent, others judge us by our behaviour‘. This is a reality for leaders at all levels across all organisations and transcends into our personal lives. Regardless of how pure our intent is in any given situation or action, if our behaviour does not match the […]

In the majority of organisations, the bulk of the transition support responsibility falls on to the direct manager with a some of the hygiene aspects sitting with HR / P&C. In some organisations, in addition to the direct manager and HR’s intervention, the leader-in-transition also gets a mentor or buddy. This is someone who works […]

One of the more challenging leadership transitions occurs when a leader moves from an organisation where they have worked for a long period of time into a new organisation. The obvious challenge is around the change in culture, especially from one that you know so well and are likely hardwired to exist within. Whilst this is often the case, it […]