The First 90 Days as an Outsider Leader
What the first 90 days are for The first 90 days get talked about as if every new leader walks in blind. Sometimes that’s true. Sometimes you already know the work, and the hard part is noticing what’s actually new. I moved countries inside the same company. The office was different. The hours were different. The way people said good morning was different. The learning curve on the job wasn’t. I was on the same tools, with the same teams. A lot of the users in the new country were people I had already supported, or worked alongside, while I was still in the country I had just left. The first week felt natural. I wasn’t learning the estate. I was learning the room. ...