The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter

by Michael D. Watkins

discipline yourself to stand back, take stock from fifty thousand feet, and then make productive interventions.

Recognize When to Quit. To adapt an old saw, transitions are marathons and not sprints.

Pillar 3: Build Your Support Systems

Stabilize the Home Front. It’s a fundamental rule of warfare to avoid fighting on too many fronts.

So focus on accelerating the family transition, too.

Build Your Advice-and-Counsel Network.

As a starting point, you need to cultivate three types of advisers: technical advisers, cultural interpreters, and political counselors