Recently recognized as one of Harvard Business Review’s top 21 “Ideas With Impact” for its enduring and timeless relevance, the fundamental principles outlined by Michael Watkins in his international best-sellerThe First 90 Days have application beyond newly onboarded or promoted leaders. Here are three illustrations of how this proven and award-winning approach, trusted by global […]
An Interview of Michael Watkins, Professor of Leadership at IMDby Patrick Chaboudez, Host of “Tout un Monde” at Swiss National RadioLausanne July 20, 2017 Patrick: What we will be talking about is the consequences of artificial intelligence. It’s coming; it’s already there in some sectors. It will be coming in a huge wave in the […]
Most of us like the idea of moving up to higher and higher levels within our organizations, but when the great news comes that you have been promoted, it can often carry some confusion about what needs to change. As we move up to more senior levels, our roles as leaders have less to do […]
In their recent Harvard Business Review article. “How CEOs Can Balance Strategy and Execution,” Michael Watkins and Millan Alvarez-Miranda posit, “Every CEO must simultaneously develop strategy and drive execution — and the need to do both at once has never been more urgent. As we emerge from the Covid-19 crisis, companies will need to drive […]
Executives can reach peak performance by shrugging off the confines of constant “doing” and integrating their ways of both “thinking” and “being.” The COVID-19 pandemic lies within a much larger pandemic that has gone unnoticed – the split between thinking and feeling, doing and being, and mind, body and heart. A common view of successful […]
In his article “7 Ways to Set Up a New Hire for Success,” published on HBR.org (May 2019), Michael Watkins writes, “No one has a bigger impact on new employees’ success than the managers who hired them.” Crucially, the hiring manager bears the responsibility for onboarding and integrating their new employee and according to Watkins, “It’s […]
