Think back to the first or most recent time you stepped into a senior leadership role. Were you nervous? Excited? How important was it for you to put your best foot forward? And–most crucially–what did your company do to help you get up to speed quickly and succeed? The startling statistic is that the new…
Keep readingListen to this In the Crucible podcast with executive onboarding expert Michael Burroughs, author of Before Onboarding: How to Integrate New Leaders for Quick and Sustained Results. Find out more on: – The high cost of new leader failure – The benefits of structured executive integration – How to use “pre-boarding” to accelerate the time a…
Keep readingIt’s no wonder that executives suffer from excessive stress. They operate in highly competitive environments characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. They need to unpack mountains of information, navigate politically charged relationship, and all the while perform at the highest level and deliver concrete results under unrelenting pressure. Not only that, senior leaders must…
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W. Brent Barron, CEO of NGAGE, pens this guest post. N-Gage is NGAGE is a professional sales organization with vast experience in sales, alternate channels, marketing and business intelligence. Change is hard. Especially when you’re leading it. It’s no secret that uncertainty and ambiguity comprise the new normal for today’s leaders. Although it’s tempting to simply…
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