As an organisation, you have spent time and considerable amount on commissions to find your ideal leader and you now have your person. However, many leaders agree that the first 100 days in a new post is the most challenging.
First 100 days - An expensive time in many ways
You could point them in the direction of the ‘experienced’ leader but perhaps this will bring with it some converged thinking and you have appointed as you want breakthrough and new ideas. This is exactly where business coaching can assist the individual as they are mentally challenged with the dichotomies of their previous appointment and your organisation. If not played correct, perhaps organisational improvement could be slower than expected, or at worst the new, and expensive resource will leave thereby exposing your business to risk.
The solution - the right business coach to work as a confidant, as a sounding board to the new executive. Challenging them, but also supporting the voices that they hear and need to make sense of.
This is an area that we can help by offering confidential and challenging support and de-stress at this most exposed times. Contact us for more information
Incidently, some basic questions that go through the new persons mind are likely to be :-
| Culture and philosophy | How are things done?What are the organisation’s core values? |
| Politics | Who makes decisions?Who has actual power? |
| Your boss | What is their working style?How can you best reflect this? |
| Senior colleagues | Who do you need to build relationships with? How do they operate? |
| Team | Which management styles will best suit the team?Why? |
| Your job | What are your main work objectives?How will you know if your performance is successful?- (Don’t be too ambitious: choose attainable targets which will boost your confidence) |
| Improving on the past | What can you do better than you did in your previous position? |
| Achieving balance | What can you do to keep physically and emotionally fit and to keep work balanced in your life? |
