Citation (IEEE): M. D. Watkins, The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels. Boston, MA, USA: Harvard Business School Press, 2003.
What it argues
Argues that leadership transitions are the most vulnerable points in a career, and that the actions taken in roughly the first three months largely determine success. Watkins offers strategies for accelerating learning, diagnosing the business situation, agreeing on expectations with a new boss, securing early wins, building the team, creating supportive coalitions, and managing one’s own energy through the transition.