Tools As part of our best practices review, we have provided a few links for New Leader Assimilation. More links and updated content is available online. For example, you can subscribe at http://peoplefriday.xyz/the-first-30-days/ . We have a resource section on that URL. These and many such links to new will be updated continuously. "Management isn't what it used to be. Chaos has replaced order, mobility has replaced security, and cynicism has replaced trust. As a result, men and women entering...
Oct 17, 2021•2 min•Season 2Ep. 9
What should be covered in my meeting with my key customers and partners? If you have a client-facing role or a partner-facing role, the first 30 days offer you an excellent opportunity to have an outside-in view of your own organization and your priorities. Your organization depends on the revenue coming in from your customers and partners. It is, hence, crucial that you address this audience comprehensively and clearly before you make any significant decisions. I suggest that you spend your day...
Oct 10, 2021•8 min•Season 2Ep. 8
What should I go over with my HR partner? Your HR partner is a member of your team and can work with you throughout your career as a manager. Find out who these Topics you may want to review could include: - earlier personnel issues you should be aware of - any unit HR history that could be helpful to you - HR processes and tracking - earlier Employee Survey results - current HR plans in place ------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ NARRATOR Rajesh Soundararajan...
Oct 03, 2021•2 min•Season 2Ep. 7
What should be covered in my meeting with my employees? The Group Meeting: As soon as possible, plan to meet with your unit as a group to get acquainted. It is crucial in setting the tone of your relationship. Some points to cover in the group meeting: - Discuss your first order of business and ask for their help. - Tell them that you will meet with them individually. Individual Meetings: Individual meetings provide an excellent opportunity to prove that you are interested in each employee as a ...
Sep 26, 2021•10 min•Season 2Ep. 6
What should be covered in my meeting with my new manager? Your new role's success will depend significantly on the relationship you establish with your manager. Both of you need to begin by establishing a shared understanding of expectations and goals. ------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ NARRATOR Rajesh Soundararajan Rajesh Soundararajan is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Futureshift Consulting, a boutique consulting outfit that helps organizations chart t...
Sep 19, 2021•9 min•Season 2Ep. 5
What should be covered in my meeting with my predecessor? The very first step is to meet with your predecessor. For every manager, this step is critical to providing continuity in how employees are managed. Below is a checklist you can use to ensure you cover the critical aspects of your new role. If you do not have a predecessor, cover these topics with your manager. ------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ NARRATOR Rajesh Soundararajan Rajesh Soundararajan is a...
Sep 12, 2021•14 min•Season 2Ep. 4
The first thing you need to do is schedule meetings with the four stakeholders to make your job successful. 1. Your predecessor 2. Your new manager 3. Your employees 4. Your HR partner Think of these initial meetings as fact-finding sessions. In each case, explain that your intention is to learn and understand. Be prepared to ask questions -- and to listen. While you are waiting for these meetings, determine. Get acquainted with the HR partner for your new team. They will be a valuable resource ...
Sep 05, 2021•3 min•Season 2Ep. 3
When you start a new role as a manager, these are the six questions that you must be answering yourself addressing in your first 30 days. These six questions relay the foundation to your subsequent interactions. This will mean you will have meetings with your predecessor, new manager, employees, and with your human resources function. Here is what will get you started. 1. How do I schedule my meetings? 2. What should be covered in my meeting with my predecessor? 3. What should I discuss in my me...
Aug 29, 2021•3 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Congratulations on becoming a new manager! The first 30 days of taking on a new role as a manager will be the most defining thirty days for that job and lay the foundation for your success on that job and possibly the next. This Fight or Flight - 10X Leader Series is designed to help you quickly start your new role and become successful. This book is intended to help a new manager. And then some of you may want to use this as a guide every time you move into a new role as a manager into a new te...
Aug 22, 2021•2 min•Season 2Ep. 1
The idea for this book started decades ago. Yes, literally decades ago. Over a career spanning 25 years, from my first job to the last, I have meticulously observed and taken notes on the job's challenges in the first month. Over the decades, I have coached and mentored hundreds of people, including first-time managers or managers in a new role. Over time, I saw myself sharing tips and suggestions that would make them successful. The names of organizations changed; the job roles varied; the back...
Aug 15, 2021•3 min
When culture had strategy for a coffee. 5 simple lessons to build an organisation the Starbucks way. A strong ‘culture’ in an organization might take a long time for it to show, as it needs to be ingrained into the DNA of the organisation. Unlike a skill, that can be incorporated by training its workforce at any point, culture requires continuous focus from the moment of an employee joins the organisation. The employee is exposed to a ‘ways of the world here’, and pretty much adopts that particu...
Jul 06, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Hiring is a serious function for a leader. However, over the years, in the pursuit of standardization, hiring managers and leaders have delegated the search to the HR function. However, the problem lies elsewhere—the innocuous-looking job descriptions. Over time we have seen the innocuous job description has to lead to a lot more false negatives. And since these never get captured in a formal system, the organization and its leaders lose some stellar prospective candidates, for they were not abl...
Jun 29, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Learning to fall and preparing for failure is just as important as making for success. The path to success is laden with many, many rocks and fall you will. Learning how to fall with minimal impact and how you can get up and recover fast enough determines your success. ------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ NARRATOR Rajesh Soundararajan Rajesh Soundararajan is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Futureshift Consulting, a boutique consulting outfit that helps orga...
Jun 22, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 4
This episode focuses on three pillars of business what makes a business successful in terms of revenue maximisation, profit maximisation and operational excellence. These three pillars sum up the success of your business. ------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ NARRATOR Rajesh Soundararajan Rajesh Soundararajan is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Futureshift Consulting, a boutique consulting outfit that helps organizations chart their business, marketing, and t...
Jun 15, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Failure is a fascinating word. Our entire life and Our success are because pic to get one extra step after failure. Get, many of us are ashamed to talk about a failure even to acknowledge that we fail. Here we are going to talk about why failure and talking about Failure is an essential step in terms of personal development and growth. ------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ NARRATOR Rajesh Soundararajan Rajesh Soundararajan is an entrepreneur and co-founder of ...
Jun 08, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 2
This episode addresses the traditional challenges one has in balancing the three balls in their life - career, family, and money. It is important now than ever before that we understand this super-simple trick on managing these three balls and successfully juggling these three priorities. ------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ NARRATOR Rajesh Soundararajan Rajesh Soundararajan is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Futureshift Consulting, a boutique consulting ou...
Jun 01, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 1
