S3. E1. Normalising onboarding support for leaders with Professor Michael Watkins

I talk with Michael Watkins, author of the leadership classic The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up To Speed Faster and Smarter, and co-founder of Genesis Advisers genesisadvisers.com who has dedicated his career to helping leaders get off to great starts.

Points we covered

·      Why transition or onboarding support is still not the norm despite it being a “no brainer” from a ROI standpoint (@2.25)

·      Why it can be hard to ask for support given “Darwinian Evolution” bias (@7.22), and the need to re-frame transition support as embodying huge acceleration benefits as opposed to compensating for weakness (@8.48)

·      Why he prefers to coach CEOs proactively versus reactively given “rescue missions” are fated by confirmation bias to rarely end well (@9.38) 

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