First-time leaders get motivational and planning tools from top executive coaching firms
The First-Time Leader provides basic frameworks, processes, and tools to help first-time leaders and their teams deliver better results faster. Leading is about inspiring and enabling others to do their absolute best, together, to realize a meaningful and rewarding shared purpose. Authors George Bradt, Managing Director of PrimeGenesis, and Gillian Davis, Managing Director of AlanKey, show how to achieve these results through the BRAVE acronym: Behaviors, Relationships, Attitudes, Values, Environment. Learn the three stages of team development, and get advice for specific leadership situations including onboarding yourself, onboarding others, and crisis management.
* Offers a way of thinking about leadership and a structure for action to help first-time leaders lead at both overall conceptual and tactical levels
* Includes downloadable tools that are easily adaptable for each leader's specific context
* Contains illustrative examples and stories from a range of experienced leaders and experts to help guide first-time leaders through things they may not have experienced themselves
The First-Time Leader shows new leaders what to do next, later, never, why, and how. It's an indispensible guide for stepping up and inspiring others to come together for success.
Autorentext
GEORGE BRADT has a unique perspective on transformational
leadership based on his experience as an executive, consultant, and
writer. After two decades in sales, marketing and general
management around the world, now he is a Principal of CEO
Connection, Managing Director of the executive onboarding group
PrimeGenesis, author of a weekly column on Forbes.com and of
five books on onboarding including The New Leader's
100-Day Action Plan. George can be reached at
gbradt@primegenesis.com.
GILLIAN DAVIS has a new generation's view on
leadership through her work in marketing, recruiting and coaching.
After witnessing and experiencing dissatisfied employees leaving
their jobs, not because of the role, but because of poor managers,
she is now on a mission to help first-time leaders inspire
and enable their teams. Gillian can be reached at
@gilliandavis07 or Gillian@firsttimeleader.tv
Inhalt
Acknowledgments xi
Part I Getting Started 1
Chapter 1 Overview: Congratulations! It's Great to Be a Leader. You've Earned It. And Your New Job Is Going to Be a Wild Ride 3
Part I: Getting Started 3
Part II: Build Your BRAVE Leadership from the Outside In 5
Part III: Leading Small, Medium, and Large Teams 7
Chapter 2 Take Charge of Your New Team 11
Moving into Your First Leadership Role from Outside 11
Tool 2.1: Onboarding Risk Assessment 13
Tool 2.2: BRAVE Onboarding 16
Getting Promoted to Your First Leadership Role from Within 26
Summary: Take Charge of Your New Team 34
Chapter 3 The BRAVE Leadership Success Framework: Behaviors, Relationships, Attitude, Values, Environment 35
Behaviors: How You Get Things Done through Other People 35
Relationships: The Heart of Leadership 36
Attitude: Make Crucial Choices around Your Team's Strategy, Posture, and Culture 36
Values: Align Yourself and Your Team with the Organization's Mission, Vision, and ValuesMore or Less 36
Environment: Get Clear on Your Mission and Fields of Action 36
Building up the BRAVE Leadership Framework from the Outside In 37
Part II Build Your BRAVE Leadership from the Outside In 39
Chapter 4 Environment: Get Clear on Your Mission and Fields of Action 41
Understand Context 42
Tool 4.1: 5Cs Situation Analysis Guidelines 44
Align around an Interpretation of the Situation Assessment 47
Tool 4.2: SWOT 49
Tool 4.3: Profi t Pools 50
Make Clear Choices around Where to Play and Where Not to Play 50
Tool 4.4: Where to Play Choices 56
Summary: Where to Play 56
Chapter 5 Values: Align Yourself and Your Team with the Organization's Mission, Vision, and ValuesMore or Less 59
The Secret of Happiness 60
Link between Happiness and Purpose 61
Mission 61
Tool 5.1: Mission 62
Vision 63
Tool 5.2: Vision 64
Values 64
Tool 5.3: Values 66
Coherence 66
Summary: What Matters 67
Chapter 6 Attitude: Make Crucial Choices around Your Team's Strategy, Posture, and Culture 69
Strategy 69
Tool 6.1: Strategic Planning 73
Tool 6.2: Business Plan Elements 74
Posture 75
Tool 6.3: Posture Mapping 77
Culture 77
Tool 6.4: Culture Assessment 81
Summary: How to Win 83
Chapter 7 Relationships: The Heart of Leadership 85
Communication Frameworks 85
Tool 7.1: Communication Planning 93
Tool 7.2: Writing Guidelines 98
Tool 7.3: BRAVE Meeting Management 100
Tool 7.4: Press Interview Management 104
How to Hire Great People 105
Tool 7.5: Recruitment Methods Analysis 111
Tool 7.6: Recruiting Brief 112
Tool 7.7: Job Requirement Checklist 113
Tool 7.8: Candidate Sourcing 116
Tool 7.9: Interview Guide 122
Tool 7.10: Interview Debrief Form 123
Tool 7.11: Reference Inquiry Authorization Form 124
Tool 7.12: Reference Inquiry 125
Bringing New Hires into the Team 127
Tool 7.13: Offer Closing Process 128
Tool 7.14: Announcement Cascade 129
Tool 7.15: Accommodation Checklist 131
Tool 7.16: Assimilation Checklist 132
Tool 7.17: Acceleration Checklist 133
Managing People Who Are Doing Welland Not So Well 136
Tool 7.18: Career Planning 138
Tool 7.19: Development Plan 139
Tool 7.20: SMART Goals 141
Tool 7.21: Team Charter 142
Tool 7.22: People Management Tools 145
Tool 7.23: Managing Behavior 146
Tool 7.24: Performance Assessment 149
Tool 7.25: Succession Planning 151
Summary: How to Connect 153
Chapter 8 Behaviors: How You Get Things Done thr...