The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan: Take Charge, Build Your Team, and Deliver Better Results Faster - Hardcover

by George B. Bradt (Author), Jayme A. Check (Author), John A. Lawler (Author)

Maximize your remote and in-person leadership impact in your first 100 days

The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan has sold over 100,000 copies because it's so practical. The author team of accomplished private equity/M&A transition leaders explains in great detail, how to succeed in new leadership roles, build high-performance teams, execute winning strategies, and achieve organizational goals. The heavily revised 5th edition explains how to your due diligence before accepting a new role, and how to lead in remote or hybrid environments and how to leverage diversity, equity, and inclusion to meet team goals, drive growth and enhance any organization.

Readers will also find:

• Roadmaps, tools and tips to understanding, improving, and leading organizational change, including digital initiatives
• New chapters focused on crisis situations, post-M&A integrations, turnarounds, and transformations
• Practical counsel on managing your Board

A critical resource for leaders in any industry, The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan walks you through your first days, weeks, and months in any new leadership role, when stakes are high and time is of the essence.

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40% of leaders fail within 18 months of entering a new role, for reasons ranging from poor fit, inability to deliver, or failure to adjust. PrimeGenesis was founded by George B. Bradt and Jayme A. Check in 2003 to address this problem. For over two decades, PrimeGenesis has reduced the rate of failure to less than 10% for clients while helping leaders and their teams deliver better results faster through critical transitions.

In the extensively revised Fifth Edition of The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan, readers will find critical guidance on how to rapidly assimilate into a new role and organization, build high-performance teams, implement winning strategies, and realize strategic, operational, organizational and leadership goals. If you find yourself in a new leadership role, this book will assist you in gaining confidence and ensuring you take the right actions to make a positive impact in your role and deliver better results faster.

The latest edition contains new insights, real world examples, and practical advice on how to build culture and lead in traditional, remote, or hybrid environments. You'll also gain critical insights on how to leverage diversity, equity, and inclusion to meet team goals, drive growth, and enhance any organization. Sample 100-day action plans are included, which can be adapted to fit your unique leadership circumstances.

Readers will also find:

• Crucial roadmaps, tools, and tips on leading organizational change
• New chapters on leading in special circumstances, including crisis situations, post-M&A integrations, turnarounds, and transformations
• Practical counsel on managing your Board

A critical resource for leaders in any industry, The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan is a must-have guide as you work through your first days, weeks, and months in any new leadership role, especially when the stakes are high, and time is of the essence.

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Praise for The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan

"The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan offers practical tools and techniques for new leaders to follow. Leaders who use this book can expect impressive business and culture-building results."

--Joe Bonito, SVP, Bank of America (after Coach & Pfizer)

"I have worked with PrimeGenesis twice in the last 24 months, first as a private equity investor and most recently as a first time leader of a company. In both cases, their process and facilitation created nearly immediate alignment around our strategy and tactics that dramatically accelerated value creation. We accomplished nearly a year of positive change within a month."

--Ryan Heckman, Private Equity Investor

"In a hyper-competitive environment, it's imperative that senior leaders -- particularly CEOs -- have as many tools as possible at their disposal. The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan provides a critical advantage to executives in identifying objectives, stakeholders, and messaging points as they transition into new leadership roles. The PrimeGenesis methodology is a key component of a successful onboarding toolkit."

-- Harry Somerdyk, Director, Talent Management and Executive Recruitment, RFE Investment Partners (Private Equity)

"This program helps assure success through accelerated learning, and helps leaders avoid common pitfalls and barriers that often derail new leaders. First impressions are lasting. PrimeGenesis will ensure that your new leaders are received positively on day one and hit the ground running."

--Gretchen Crist, former SVP, Human Resources, Sun Products (after Playtex)

"I can recommend PrimeGenesis and this book without reservation to help any senior leader moving into a complex new role, including promotions and new hires, when they cannot afford to fail."

--Robert Rigby-Hall, former SVP, Human Resources, NXP (after LexisNexis)

Author Biography

GEORGE B. BRADT is Chair of PrimeGenesis, helping lead the revolution in how people start new jobs. Prior to founding PrimeGenesis, George served in sales, marketing, and general management roles around the world at companies including Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola and J.D. Power and Associates as chief executive of its Power Information Network spin-off.

JAYME A. CHECK is a founder and Managing Partner of PrimeGenesis and author of its executive onboarding methodology that is now deployed in hundreds of organizations worldwide. Jayme is also CEO of Quantum Global Partners, an advisory firm that provides companies worldwide with strategic planning and execution, executive coaching, and leadership development. He offers a global perspective on leadership gained from executive and advisory roles with Fortune 500, start-up, private equity, and venture capital firms.

JOHN A. LAWLER is PrimeGenesis' CEO. He and the firm have helped clients accelerate and succeed through critical transitions in markets ranging from emerging technologies, to middle market businesses, to global manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, services and consumer products. Previously, John led business and culture transformations globally as CEO of three different private equity backed companies, group President at LexisNexis and as a global executive at Dun & Bradstreet.