During my research into what promotes and what inhibits a leader’s success during their transition period, one of the interesting findings is that externally recruited leaders are twice as likely to use a transition plan than internally recruited leaders. Whether a 90 or 100 day plan, the use of a plan was commonly noted as […]
What is the pounce effect? The ‘pounce’ effect is the situation created when a leader has team members with requests for information / feedback / decisions but no structured time to raise these requests – so they wait like a predatory cat, waiting to ‘pounce’ on the leader the first time they look free. Maybe […]
Successful on-boarding of leaders involves several areas of a business – a prominent one is HR. Their involvement in the recruitment and on-boarding (or in-boarding) of leaders is crucial and across our coaching and research we regularly see three things that HR do in organisations with a highly successful on-boarding program. Address performance issues prior Frequently an […]
In 2017 we coached many leaders as they transitioned into new roles within some great organisations. Let us share some key observations from our work, which may prove valuable for your organisation in 2018. For Organisations: Most of the companies we worked with over last year had extensive leadership development programs and yet still struggled […]
“Show your working’ is an expression we use when working with leaders around improving their communication and developing their teams. The concept comes from the days doing high school maths where we were encouraged to ‘show our working’ during the exams so that even if the end answer was incorrect we would receive marks based […]
New executives and leaders often struggle with the transition to a new role, especially ones that are hired externally. In many organisations HR is responsible for recruitment, on-boarding and induction of new staff. Whilst there can be a blurred line between HR and line management’s responsibility, it is interesting to look at the role HR […]
More importantly what if 50% of the executives your organisation hired or promoted didn’t fail within 18 months. It has been over 10 years since Michael Watkins published the results of his research showing that up to 50% of executives and leaders in new roles fail in the first 18 months and it would seem […]
The April 2013 issue of Harvard Business Review features a story that argue there are only 3 rules to making a company truly great. The article provide insights into how exceptional companies deliver superior long-term performance, even as they face similar obstacles to their competitors. The scope of the study is pioneering. They draw on “big data” – hard […]
Looking at the failure of strategy is the broad basis of my DBA so I am always interested in articles or commentary on this area. In my personal view there is a serious bias to writing about the positive and ignoring how and why we fail. Here is an article from Forbes listing the 10 […]
New research conducted through the University of Technology has found that only a small proportion of employees can articulate their organisation’s strategy. The researchers asked employees of 20 major Australian corporations with clearly articulated public strategies to identify their employer’s strategy from among six choices. Just 29% answered correctly.
Leadership Transitions 