The First 90 Days was cited in this Forbes.com article about executive exit strategies entitled, “Leaving Well: Why the Last 90 Days Matter.” The author makes the point that while much emphasis is placed on advising leaders in their initial months in role, little advice is offered on how to leave an organization despite the fact that more […]
Onboarding Journeys for Leaders, Teams and Organizations
Virtually all large companies are effective at the basics of signing up new hires. However, many companies think they are doing a good job of integrating new hires when they actually aren’t. The challenges new hires face, the real reasons they derail or underperform, have to do with how well they are integrated into their new organizations. Effective […]
How Effective is Your Company at Onboarding?
It is a well-supported fact that supporting new-hire onboarding dramatically increases time-to-performance and reduces failure rates by 50%. Based on Michael Watkins’ in-depth research into the vast array of HR onboarding programs employed by global organizations published in his article “Onboarding Isn’t Enough” (Harvard Business Review, June 2017), Genesis created an assessment to help you gauge how […]
How to Stop Initiative Overload in Your Organization
In their Harvard Business Review article, “Too Many Projects,” Genesis Co-Founder, Michael Watkins, and Genesis Leadership Consultant, Rose Hollister, outline the causes and consequences of initiative overload, an increasingly common phenomenon in organizations where resources are not aligned with strategy. Watch this brief video in which Michael Watkins shares the research and thinking behind the article and provides guidance […]


