10. Expedite Everyone: Proving Yourself on Your New Job

The final challenge is to expedite everyone using the framework, tools, and motivations discussed in this book. You’ll assess where your organization falls in the STaRS model. You’ll need to build a common language throughout the scope of your influence and beyond for effective and efficient communications. You’ll be working with a team and your challenge is to incentivize and motivate the team. You’ll be bringing people from the outside into the organization, cultivating high-potential leaders, strengthening succession plans, and employing performance support tools.

Your goal is to move beyond a sink or swim mentality. If you employ the methods and techniques discussed in the past 9 postings, you be able to accelerate your potential in your new roles. Michael Watkins presents in his book, The First 90 Days, five (5) prepositions that underpin his approach to success in a new job. They are:

1. The cause of success results from a transitional balance between the situational opportunities and pitfalls and the individual’s strengths and vulnerabilities. Your success or failure rests with you.
2. There are systematic methods available to people in leadership roles to lessen risks and reach the transition point swifter converting value consumed into value created. The basic promote yourself strategies apply to all levels and all positions.
3. The overarching goal is to build momentum by creating virtuous cycles that build credibility by avoiding vicious cycles that damage credibility. Leadership is about leveraging ideas, energy, relationships, and influence to form new patterns and advance visions.
4. The transitions periods are crucibles for leadership development and should be managed accordingly. Challenge up-and-coming leaders. Do not feed them, teach them to fish.
5. Adoption of a standard framework for accelerating transitions can yield big returns to organizations. The idea is to help everyone in the organization.

I hope these past 10 weeks have enlightened you and your leadership abilities. It is more important that you absorb the content by going back and refreshing your thoughts as you Proving Yourself on Your New Job

The steps are:

 01. Promote Yourself
 02. Accelerate Your Learning
 03. Match Strategy to Situation
 04. Securing Early Wins
 05. Negotiate Success
 06. Achieve Alignment
 07. Build Your Team
 08. Create Coalitions
 09. Keep Your Balance
 10. Expedite Everyone

Should you have any comments or questions please feel free to post or email me; James.Bogden@gmail.com.

References:

Watkins, M. (2003) The first 90 days: Critical success strategies for new leaders at all levels. Harvard Business School Press. Boston, Ma.