The Leadership Accelerator: The Playbook for Transitioning into Your New Executive Role

PREFACE

The purpose of this book is to help you accelerate your transition and establish yourself in a new executive role. Transitions can be energizing, challenging, and risky. Various authors suggest nearly 40 percent of all executive transitions are estimated to fail within the first 18 months to two years.¹ Ineffective transitions to an executive role especially in the C-suite are costly. When newly hired executives do not meet expectations, organizations incur considerable expenses and forgo the execution of critical initiatives. For individuals, ineffective transitions often lead to career derailment.

Transition leadership is different from everyday leadership. It can be an intense experience as new executives seek to establish themselves ...