42 rules for your new leadership role : the manual they didn't hand you when you made VP, director, or manager

42 Rules for Your New Leadership Role describes practical and effective actions for you to make a strong start at your new VP, Director, or Manager job. Drawing from extensive interviews with corporate leaders and the author's 20 years as a strategy consultant and executive coach, these rules form the manual they forgot to hand you when you got that promotion or offer letter. Topics include how to gain cooperation from your team, read the business culture at your new level, tee up smart "quick wins", show others how to work with you, assess the business risks in your new role, make the most of your strengths without overdoing it, work around your weaknesses, use team screw-ups to your advantage, redesign your undoable job, and stay focused on your plan when everyone wants you to fight fires and solve the problems on their desks. Pam gives you specific guidance for each step of those first few critical months. Her recommendations are shaped by current and classic leadership research, as well as fresh insight from her interviews with executives and surveys of leaders at all levels. With her background as executive coach to top Silicon Valley companies, corporate strategist with Bain and Accenture, and Guest Fellow at Stanford GSB's Center for Leadership Development and Research, Pam translates the experiences of thousands of leaders into easy-to-read guidance. Let this book remind you what you did right before, help you avoid common missteps that cause leaders to stumble, and give you new strategies for acing those critical first months. Adjust what you find here to serve team needs, market condition, cultural context, your goals and your personal leadership style. Buy this book when you're making a step up, moving to a new organization, or for your friends as they move up. This book is also an ideal reference for executive coaches, HR business partners, management trainers, executive assistants, and others who help new leaders be successful. Copyright Page......Page 4 Praise For This Book!......Page 5 Dedication......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 9 Foreword by John A. Byrne......Page 15 Intro......Page 17 Part I: Set Yourself Up For Success......Page 21 Rule 1: Rules Are Meant to Be Broken......Page 22 Rule 2: Begin Ready......Page 24 Rule 3: Fire Up Your Task Management System......Page 26 Rule 4: Draft Your Strategic One-Pager......Page 28 Rule 5: Take Charge of Your Start......Page 30 Part II: Map the Terrain......Page 33 Rule 6: Leverage the Honeymoon......Page 34 Rule 7: Map What Matters to People with Power......Page 36 Rule 8: Uncover Precisely How Your Group Creates Value......Page 38 Rule 9: Figure Out What to Prove by When......Page 40 Rule 10: Set Your Milestones......Page 42 Part III: Show Up Wisely......Page 45 Rule 11: Apply Your Strengths- and Beware......Page 46 Rule 12: Deal with Your Weak Spots......Page 48 Rule 13: (Re)Introduce Yourself Internally & Externally......Page 50 Rule 14: Don't Blame the Last Guy......Page 52 Rule 15: Show People How to Work with You......Page 54 Rule 16: Get Over Yourself......Page 56 Part IV: Start Your Wins......Page 59 Rule 17: Pick Smart Quick Wins......Page 60 Rule 18: Plant Seeds for Future Wins......Page 62 Rule 19: Tune Up Your Team......Page 64 Rule 20: Communicate Early and Often......Page 66 Rule 21: Tell a Good Story......Page 68 Rule 22: Bring Value to Any Room......Page 70 Rule 23: Balance Curiosity, Advice, and Silence......Page 72 Part V: Create Your Management System......Page 75 Rule 24: Make Your Own Metrics......Page 76 Rule 25: Catalog Risks and Start Mitigating......Page 78 Rule 26: Run Unmissable Meetings......Page 80 Rule 27: Adjust Your Approach......Page 82 Rule 28: Launch 1:1s that Actually Drive Performance......Page 84 Rule 29: Make the Most of Screwups......Page 86 Rule 30: Grow More Leaders......Page 88 Rule 31: Call in the Experts......Page 90 Part VI: Stay Smart......Page 93 Rule 32: Strengthen Your Strategic Point of View......Page 94 Rule 33: Stay Current and Capable......Page 96 Rule 34: Model Healthy Paranoia......Page 98 Rule 35: Ferret Out Feedback......Page 100 Rule 36: Build Your Industry Presence......Page 102 Part VII: Set You and Your Team To Thrive......Page 105 Rule 37: Make Your Job Doable......Page 106 Rule 38: Stoke the Energy of Your Group......Page 108 Rule 39: Mind Your Mood......Page 110 Rule 40: Now, Lead with Your Life in Mind......Page 112 Rule 41: Use Your Power for Good......Page 114 Rule 42: These Are My Rules. What Are Yours?......Page 116 Appendix A: For Job Seekers......Page 118 Appendix B: Hiring? How to Use this Book......Page 120 Appendix C: For Executive Coaches......Page 122 Appendix D: Myers-Briggs® and More......Page 124 Appendix E: Online Resources......Page 126 About the Author......Page 128 Your Rules......Page 130 Books......Page 132 A Message From Super Star PressTM......Page 134 Back Cover......Page 136 42 Rules for Your New Leadership Role (2nd Edition) describes practical and effective actions for you to make a strong start at your new VP, Director, or Manager job. Drawing from extensive interviews with corporate leaders and the author's 20 years as a strategy consultant and executive coach, these rules form the manual they forgot to hand you when you got that promotion or offer letter. Topics include how to gain cooperation from your team, read the business culture at your new level, tee up smart “quick wins”, show others how to work with you, assess the business risks in your new role, make the most of your strengths without overdoing it, work around your weaknesses, use team screw-ups to your advantage, redesign your undoable job, and stay focused on your plan when everyone wants you to fight fires and solve the problems on their desks. Pam gives you specific guidance for each step of those first few critical months. Her recommendations are shaped by current and classic leadership research, as well as fresh insight from her interviews with executives and surveys of leaders at all levels. With her background as executive coach to top Silicon Valley companies, corporate strategist with Bain and Accenture, and Guest Fellow at Stanford GSB's Center for Leadership Development and Research, Pam translates the experiences of thousands of leaders into easy-to-read guidance. Let this book remind you what you did right before, help you avoid common missteps that cause leaders to stumble, and give you new strategies for acing those critical first months. Adjust what you find here to serve team needs, market condition, cultural context, your goals and your personal leadership style. Buy this book when you're making a step up, moving to a new organization, or for your friends as they move up. This book is also an ideal reference for executive coaches, HR business partners, management trainers, executive assistants, and others who help new leaders be successful.