The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan: How to Take Charge, Build or Merge Your Team, and Get Immediate Results

by George B. Bradt

Leadership is about inspiring and enabling others to do their absolute best together to realize a meaningful and rewarding shared purpose.

It's not about you. It's not even about those following you.

Leadership is about your ability to create a culture in which your team can deliver remarkable results and love doing it.

“The great leader speaks little. He never speaks carelessly. He works without self-interest and leaves no trace. When all is finished, the people say, ‘We did it ourselves.’”

if you have waited until your first day on the job to start, you are already behind with the odds stacked against you.

As the leader, you must align all stakeholders around a shared purpose and set of objectives, set a compelling direction, build a cohesive leadership team, and create a culture that enables excellent execution.

Preparation in the days and weeks leading up to Day One breeds confidence; and a little early momentum goes a long way.

Everything communicates.

the first 100 days are a sprint to jump-start communication, team building, and core practices,

You must evolve your leadership, practices, and culture to keep fueling the fires you sparked and deliver ongoing results.