The 10 Important Questions to Ask in Your New Position
The 10 Important Questions to Ask in Your New Position
How exciting! You’re about to start your new role — a promotion, a new organization, a new team. You know the first 3 to 6 months will be intense as you get your bearings and try to figure out your new environment. And if your work responsibilities are remote or hybrid, you’ll have to employ some different strategies to acclimate to the position.
As you develop your plan for entry think about these 10 important topics that you need to focus on. More than simple questions, they are issues you need to understand deeply as a foundation for how you will lead, how you will add value, how you will develop your strategies and accomplish your goals. (more…)
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Jake was elated. His COO had just called him into his office to give him the good news. The executive committee approved his promotion to VP of Client Services. This was the promotion he had been working towards for the past five years. It had even come a bit sooner than expected as his predecessor resigned several weeks ago to take a position with another company. He wanted to call his wife immediately to share the good news, but she was on an airplane returning from a west coast business trip. Instead he had to rush to pick up his two sons and take them to their after-school sports activities. He was scheduled to be on vacation over the next two days and looked forward to the long weekend to get his mind in gear and prepare to step into the new role. It would be effective one week from today and the announcement would go out on Monday.