Job Transition

The 3 Challenges Every New CEO Faces

Neal H. Kissel, Patrick Foley

The learnings from interviews with around twenty leaders, which aim to identify the challenges to anticipate when reaching a general manager’s position.

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How functional leaders become CEOs

Michael Birshan, Thomas Meakin, Kurt Strovink

Some advice for young leaders from functional departments to establish their legitimacy.

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Ascending to the C-suite

Rajiv Chandran, Hortense de la Boutetière, Carolyn Dewar

A survey on the problems frequently encountered by newly promoted senior executives.

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What I Didn't Know About Becoming a CEO

Karen Firestone

With 10 years’ hindsight, a female leader highlights the disruptions this position entails and to which we are not always prepared.

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Debunking the Myths of the First 100 Days

Roselinde Torres, Peter Tollman

How to simultaneously find your feet, make a good impression, inspire trust, identify challenges and design an action plan integrating the specific characteristics of the company in the space of roughly three months?

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The first 100 days of a new CIO: Nine steps for wiring in success

Michael Bloch, Paul Willmott

The first hundred days of an executive—a CIO in this case—should be prepared for even before arriving on the job, in order to maximize the odds of success.

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The Would-Be Pioneer

Sarah Green

An expatriation management expert talks about her own experience transferring to a position at SK Telecom in South Korea.

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Be a Better Manager: Live Abroad

William W. Maddux, Adam D. Galinsky, Carmit T. Tadmor

An article on the specific competencies that leaders develop when taking positions abroad.

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Letter to a newly appointed CEO

Ian Davis

What to do first when assuming an executive position?

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Becoming the Boss

Linda A. Hill

Occupying a position of authority for the first time is not easy. How can you avoid the principal traps of your first steps as a manager?

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