tbgstore.com is an Amazon storefront that Make Simple Online Shopping! Compare Products, Prices and Store in Just Second, Feel Free To The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels  enlarge Author: Michael Watkins Publisher: Harvard Business Press Category: Book List Price: $29.95 Buy Used: $8.94 as of 2/9/2010 05:31 MST details You Save: $21.01 (70%) Qty 1 In Stock New (59) Used (41) Collectible (1) from $8.94 Seller: awesomebooksusa Rating: 129 reviews Sales Rank: 653 Media: Hardcover Edition: 1 Pages: 208 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9 Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.7 x 1 ISBN: 1591391105 Dewey Decimal Number: 658.4 EAN: 9781591391104 ASIN: 1591391105 Publication Date: September 18, 2003 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Tell A Friend Add to Wishlist Add to Wedding Registry Add to Baby Registry Features:   •  ISBN13: 9781591391104   •  Condition: NEW   •  Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Also Available In:   •  Audio CD - The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels (Your Coach in a Box)   •  Kindle Edition - The First 90 Days   •  Audio Download - The First 90 Days (Unabridged) Similar Items: You're in Charge, Now What?: The 8 Point Plan The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan: How to Take Charge, Build Your Team, and Get Immediate Results Your Next Move: The Leader's Guide to Successfully Navigating Major Career Transitions Right From The Start: Taking Charge In A New Leadership Role Your First 90 Days In A New Job (How To Make An Impact) Editorial Reviews: Product Description GREAT CONDITION, WILL SHIP FAST! Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 129 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...26Next » Came in handy!   January 29, 2010 Olivia From the corporate world, to academia, to non-profit, I requested this book during my transitions to use as a guide. I skimmed it and it worked just fine. A good overview of transition periods   December 22, 2009 Lanion 0 out of 1 found this review helpful My background is as a teacher, which is in many respects identical to a management position. I am required to make connections, establish myself, and do my job diligently. This book describes many of the key points to make during a transitional period, but if you have already gone through a management transition nothing here will be new -- you probably already learned it the hard way. If, however, you are about to undertake your first major transition this is very good information. Recommended for managers entering their first new leadership position. If you feel you earned your new position, you don't need this book.   November 23, 2009 Sterghe (Pennsylvania, USA) 1 out of 3 found this review helpful Meh. If you're a business student or up-and-coming worker hoping to move ahead, and you've not read many other management books, then this one is just fine. If, however, you're actually in the position of leading a team, I'm going to hope none of these ideas is really new to you. Watkins offers plenty of buzz words and catchy phrases to help you sound like you know what you're doing (even if you don't). If the material really is new to you, then read the sections so you really do know what you're saying, and follow the advice; it's sound, more or less, and offers enough insight to see you through far more than your first 90 days on a new job. My biggest problem is that the book doesn't claim to be written for people who hope to be promoted to management someday, but for people who've already landed the job. Assuming you earned your position--and in today's economy, unqualified people aren't getting hired often!--then you should have already encountered every single one of these ideas. There's nothing new or groundbreaking here, just a decent restating of well-known good advice. On the other hand, if you're teaching a class on business leadership, I'd absolutely recommend this as assigned reading for students. It's accessible and practical, and it offers solid advice. Good book aimed at managers and leaders, but various parts can also be applied to all new employees.   October 22, 2009 Bond... James Bond (Denver, CO) 1 out of 3 found this review helpful This was a fairly good business book to read. My one main reason for removing one star is that it tends to focus too much on concepts without providing enough concrete real-world examples, anecdotes, and practical advice that I felt like I could take into the workplace. A book like this should help stimulate my "what-if" thought processes and make me want to try applying more actionable ideas to my own situation. Instead, it tends to iterate too much around conceptual notions of managing and leadership. But at various points in most of the chapters, I also found information that would be relevant to all employees who are either starting a new job at a new company or transitioning to a new position at their existing company. Regardless of whether you are starting a new work role as either a leader/manager or non-management employee, the first 90 days at a new job or position is often crucial in determining how you will fare further down the road. Reading This is Like Watching Paint Dry   October 20, 2009 M. Bruner (Oklahoma!) 1 out of 3 found this review helpful My mama always says, "you never get a second chance to make a first impression". This is something that every new leader should keep in mind on their first days on the job. Watkins has a strong premise - recognize that the first 90 days in a new job are critical. You must fast track your learning curve, fit into the corporate structure, create a few coalitions, build a team, achieve alignment and negotiate success. Hmm, that stuff sounds really familiar - been there done that - in many other business/leadership books. This book falls short by using every buzzword in the current system and failing to capture the full attention of the reader. Neither does it offer practical solutions to avoid the pitfalls of negative transitions. The majority of this information can be obtained by the companies Human Resources Director or good co-worker. Reading this book is like watching paint dry - if it's your weekend project the excitement may be there for the first wall but after that you might as well have someone else come in finish the job (just how I felt about reading this book). Showing reviews 1-5 of 129 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...26Next » Qty 1 In Stock

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