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Leadership in the First 100 Days — What it Takes to Ensure Your Success
The ability to successfully transition into a new leadership position is a must-have skill for executives. Your first 100 days in a leadership role are crucial if you want to make a positive and lasting impression, which will lay the foundation for your future success within the company. When illustrating the importance of maintaining strong leadership when transitioning into a new role, I use the example below.
Bob was aggressively recruited into a new company and started his new leadership position with great expectations. He had an outstanding track record at three other companies, including his newest stint as CFO at a venture backed high-tech company. Bob was instrumental in that company’s acquisition, but after less than three months on the job, he was fired. What happened to this rising star and what could he have done differently to succeed?
In this particular scenario, Bob became overly self-confident and didn’t follow the time-tested steps necessary to ensure a successful transition into a new role. For executives, “the currency of success is interpersonal intelligence.” Technical competence may get you in the door, but you’ll need a solid foundation of interpersonal skills to stay on top. Bob was technically outstanding, yet he forgot to pay enough attention to the interpersonal aspects of business.
Although this led to Bob’s…
