Communicating effectively during a CEO transition
Even in the best of circumstances, CEO transitions are challenging. The transfer of power in large organizations is a time of potential uncertainty and even instability....
Michael D Watkins is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change at IMD, and author of The First 90 Days, Master Your Next Move, Predictable Surprises, and 12 other books on leadership and negotiation. His book, The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking, explores how executives can learn to think strategically and lead their organizations into the future. A Thinkers 50-ranked management influencer and recognized expert in his field, his work features in HBR Guides and HBR’s 10 Must Reads on leadership, teams, strategic initiatives, and new managers. Over the past 20 years, he has used his First 90 Days® methodology to help leaders make successful transitions, both in his teaching at IMD, INSEAD, and Harvard Business School, where he gained his PhD in decision sciences, as well as through his private consultancy practice Genesis Advisers. At IMD, he directs the First 90 Days open program for leaders taking on challenging new roles and co-directs the Transition to Business Leadership (TBL) executive program for future enterprise leaders.
2 September 2021 • by Donna Teach, Michael D. Watkins in Leadership • 14 min read
Even in the best of circumstances, CEO transitions are challenging. The transfer of power in large organizations is a time of potential uncertainty and even instability....
13 August 2021 • by Suzanne C. De Janasz, Michael D. Watkins, Christopher Zintel, Susan Stehli in Leadership • 9 min read
It’s critical that any effective leader is able to effectively negotiate and manage conflict both inside and outside their organizations. Externally, they deal with customers, suppliers, investors and other stakeholders....
5 July 2021 • by Didier Cossin, Michael D. Watkins in Magazine • 7 min read
Jeff Bezos will find the move from CEO to Chairman of the Board far from easy. Didier Cossin and Michael Watkins offer advice on avoiding the pitfalls ...
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