The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies to Help Leaders Get to Top Speed ​​Faster and Smarter

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– Watkins Michael D.
This is a book for people at a very specific point in their careers. Namely, those who are about to take on or have just taken on a new role in the organization – especially a managerial role. At the same time, these are people who report to someone higher up.

And this book shows how to arrange cooperation with people – not only with your own team, but above all with the level above.

Many companies rely on line managers to manage smaller teams. It is therefore crucial that such a person has two competencies at the same time:

Was able to enforce the execution of tasks from people reporting directly to her,
was able to collect, report and establish a course of action that can be referred to asia rcs data by the person holding a given manager accountable.
And this second element is practically absent in most publications, because they focus on working with one's own team and its productivity.

Meanwhile, “The First 90 Days” teaches us how to “manage” our own boss and his expectations. It shows us how to create a plan that you can return to every time your boss comes to you with fifteen new ideas to implement yesterday.

On the other hand, if we are in a specialist position and we are eager for some development path or career change, then when starting a new job or taking on a new role, we are also able to develop such a 90-day plan and then talk about it with our boss.

What I really like about this book is the theme of responsibility. Michael D. Watkins teaches us that we are responsible not only for the people who work with us directly or are members of our team, but also for how someone higher in the hierarchy thinks of us and what they expect, and that we have an influence on that.

So if you are looking for a book for middle-level management in the field of office and organizational politics, I highly recommend this book.