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First Steps in Your New Leadership Role – Part 1

essential first steps for new leaders | BIGG SuccessWe were to so happy to chat with Kevin Eikenberry on The BIGG Success Show again. Kevin is the Chief Potential Officer at his leadership and learning company, The Kevin Eikenberry Group.

As a speaker and best-selling author, Kevin is a thought leader on leadership today. His most recent book, From Bud to Boss, fills a gap by helping new leaders getting promoted from within the ranks.

We chatted with Kevin about the first steps a new leader should take. Listen to our discussion to hear:

  • the 5 places where you must develop clear expectations
  • what it means if no one is following
  • why you aren’t in charge just because you got the promotion
  • why you need to set clear goals
  • why you need two sets of goals
  • the underlying skill of highly effective leaders

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Next time, Kevin shares how to communicate with your former teammates, your new team, and your boss. We hope you’ll join us!

First Steps in Your New Leadership Role – Part 2

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Bud to Boss
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The First Thing to Do as a New Leader

the thing new leaders do for BIGG SuccessCongratulations! You just got promoted into a new leadership position.

What’s the first thing you should do?

Cut costs?
Allocate more dollars to a new project?
Call a meeting?
All of the above?
None of the above?

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
None of the above.

The first thing you should do is…

Paint a wall of your office

Or do something else that’s really insignificant but will definitely be noticed.

It makes a statement: “I’m the new person in charge here.”

More importantly…

It satisfies your need to “do something”

You have to change something, right? They hired you to make an impact.

So you have to charge in full throttle.

You may be disappointed with the results. How can you prescribe the cure when you have completed your diagnosis?

So go ahead. Paint a wall in your office.

It will satisfy your need to do something.

It keeps you from fixing the unbroken

Many novice leaders jump right in and start making changes.

Sometimes they get it right. More often they don’t.

You can’t afford to waste resources fixing what isn’t broken. Worse yet, you may break something that is working!

So go ahead. “Fix” something like the wall of your office. Give it a new coat of paint.

Step back and admire it. Now you’re ready to proceed.

It buys you time

Time to get to know your people.

Time to listen.

Time to reflect.

Time to discover.

Time to determine what is broken.

Time to design an effective strategic plan.

With a little time, you’ll be able to implement a plan that moves your team to BIGG success!

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