n their Harvard Business Review article “How Insider CEOs Succeed,” Michael Watkins and Witt Kieffer President and CEO, Andrew Chastain, write that while one might think an internally-promoted CEO would “have an easier time adjusting to and excelling in the job than external hires would” the reality is that “chief executives who have advanced from within face […]
Are You Ready to Be Coached?
In business leadership it is very often the case that the skills and approach that made a leader successful in one organization will not guarantee the same results in another, or as Marshall Goldsmith put it, “What got you here, won’t get you there.” Over the course of a typical leader’s career there will come a time, […]
The Surprising Power of Peer Coaching
Many have explored the benefits of working one-on-one with an executive coach, but fewer have recognized the results that peer coaching for leadership development can offer. In their HBR.org article “The Surprising Power of Peer Coaching,” Genesis leadership consultant, Brenda Steinberg and company co-founder, Michael Watkins outline why peer coaching may be the perfect solution […]
Transitioning is a Core Leadership Skill
At HBR Live: Master Your Next Move, held in London, UK in October 2019, Michael Watkins spoke to an audience of senior executives and talent management professionals about the eight common transition challenges that most leaders encounter in their professional lifetime. According to Watkins, “leaders go through a lot of transitions… So transitioning is a core […]
Onboarding New Leaders Remotely
In his co-authored article “Onboarding a New Leader Remotely,”published on HBR.org (May 2020), Michael Watkins invites us to imagine a scenario in which a new executive hire is faced with joining an organization remotely and in which she will be inheriting a remotely-based team in the process. What does transition support look like in the […]
Genesis Visits UNDP on Tour of Denmark Hosted by HBR Press
As part of a series of events organized by Tatarklubben, the Harvard Business Review Press affiliate in Denmark, Genesis co-founder Michael Watkins was invited to give a presentation about leadership transitions, based on his globally recognized First 90 Days framework for onboarding and the common leadership transition challenges outlined in the updated and expanded version […]