The First 100 Days
In the current marketplace where change happens at breakneck speed, newly appointed executives are coming under increasing pressure to produce rapid results and make a strong impact in the first few months in the role.
The Executive Transition Programme provides structured support to leaders who are about to embark on a new senior role within an organisation. The first 100 days in the new role is an exciting but pressurised time as the executive climbs a steep learning curve taking in information from the key players, building their awareness and acuity while diligently applying themselves to the role. At the same time the executive will also be striving to maximise their performance and make an impact on their subordinates, their colleagues, their clients or stakeholders and their organisation as a whole. All-in-all the first 100 days in the role are crucial to the success of the executive and the organisation.
Providing this support to the executive in these early and potentially stressful days of the role can make the critical difference between success and failure for the individual in that role.
What Is The Purpose Of The First 100 Days?
New Thought Leader’s “The First 100 Days” programme is an executive transition programme designed to improve management performance in the early days in the new role. The prime purpose for an organisation to invest in this programme is to increase the productivity and effectiveness of their leader as early as possible.
Why Invest In A Transition Management Programme?
The recruitment of a new leader or an executive to their new post is usually a time consuming and expensive process. HR does their best to find and hire the right candidate for the role, but there are never any guarantees that the winning candidate will be successful in the role. This time and investment is often wasted when the executive under-performs in that role leading to their resignation or dismal within a year of them starting. Very often the reason for the failure is that the executive did not succeed in making a major impact in those vital first 100 days.
Many organisations now recognise that leaving their executives to sink or swim is a high risk strategy and there is great benefit to invest in the success of their executives by providing them the much needed support in the early days of the role.
Therefore it is of paramount importance that in the first 100 days in the role that the executive makes a significant impact by building credibility, gaining traction and buy-in from their team, line managers, clients, sponsors and stakeholders.
Reasons Why It Is Important To Invest In A Transition Management Programme
- Reduces the risk of failure by building credibility and traction through quick wins
- Reduces the amount of time before the executive becomes fully productive and providing value
- Consolidates the organisational investment as staff turnover is reduced
- Attracts new talent as the programme is regarded as a benefit
- Builds loyalty with the executive as they appreciate the support
How Is The Programme Designed?
The programme is created in collaboration with New Thought Leader, the executive and their sponsoring organisation. Part of the design process will be to decide the emphasis or focal point for the programme. New Thought Leaders programme designer can help the organisation and executive decide on the most important aspects of the programme.
The Most Commonly Requested Aspects For This Programme Address:
- Working on a compelling vision
- Values alignment and motivation
- Speeding up the buy-in process
- Dealing with the new organisational culture
- Identifying and securing quick wins
- Resolve conflicts
- Manage the stress of changing to the new role
Once the programme is designed, a dedicated business coach is then assigned to work with the leader for the 12 week duration of the programme.
What Are The Outcomes Of The Programme’s
The first 100 days programme is designed to deliver the following outcomes for the executive and the organisation:
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Build Credibility – Quickly
Solid Leadership relies on the credibility of the leader so we concentrate on critical quick wins to help build the team’s belief in their leader while simultaneously building the confidence of the executive.
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Create a firm foundation by building working alliances.
Relationships are fundamental to the success of any role so the business coach structures the coaching to allow the executive to examine the key relationships in their role. This time spent examining the relationships in the early days ensures that the leader makes an excellent and lasting impression with the key players in their role.
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Greater value for the organisation – quicker.
It is a great benefit to organisations if the leader can climb up the steep incline of the learning curve thus making the leader more effective and productive quicker and of greater value to the organisation. Using New Thought Leaders “The First 100 Days” programme can greatly reduce this time where the executive is “finding their feet” and can help them hit the ground running.
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Using the executives experience to accelerate organisational change.
Many organisations hire new people to bring fresh perspectives. It is ironic that the time where the new executive can have most impact on the organisation is in the first 100 days, yet this is the time when they will be told “that’s not how we work around here”. Using this as part of an overall change management programme can greatly accelerate the change required by the organisation.
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Create a firm understanding of the role and its unique challenges
by using the appropriate coaching models coupled with the executive’s observations and awareness. Once the executive has this understanding they are more likely to make the best decisions to appropriately impact the organisation.
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Understand the organisational culture and motivations.
The programme can help clarify and in some cases identify the prevailing culture of the organisation, a critical step in any change or transformation programme. Once clarity is attained on the motivations of the organisation, change and transformation happen with greater ease.
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Clearer and improved strategies for success.
The business coach is able to work with the leader as a sounding board for their proposed strategies for change. The business coach can facilitate the executive’s thinking by talking through potential roadblocks and risks that the leader faces. This facilitates the clear and streamlined thinking of the executive and greatly increases the likelihood of success for the strategy.
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Structured framework
Around which to focus and prioritise initial actions so that the time in those early months is well invested.
Why Choose New Thought Leader?
New Thought Leader is different from its competition for the following reasons:
- We deliver results through pragmatic and workable solutions
- Our work is grounded in the principles and working practices psychology
- We charge based on the value we deliver, not on how much time we spend with you
- We involve you at every stage of the process
- Openness and integrity are our key working values, so we will be transparent, honest and truthful in all of our dealings with you
- As part of the programme we will deepen the individuals commitment to the organisational goals in order to retain the benefits gained in the programme for the organisation
What Next?
New Thought Leader is currently running first 100 programmes in some of the UK’s top organisations so contact us today to find out how we can do the same for you and your organisation.