The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded Hardcover – May 14, 2013

I recommend reading this before starting any new role internally or externally. It was an excellent and highly valuable resource!

I wish i found this books earlier in my career path. From the STARS concept to managing yourself, this book will guide your transition smoothly. i will recommend this book to all my friends and family.

Great read! Love this book. Gets you in the right mindset before a new beginning in your career. Unfortunately, my book was printed incorrectly. It has two chapter 7’s and is missing chapter 8 and 9. Not quite sure how that happening. That part is disappointing, but other than that, everything is good.

This is a great resource with tremendous insight for starting at a new position. Some of the content isn't applicable to a church situation, but much of it is. It is well laid out with clear questions and practical steps. I'd highly recommend it.

Good ideas in here.

The pacing and structure of this book is well written, and you can tell Watkins has a good deal of experience in leadership building. The chapters are filled with key strategies and tools to deal with transition, both from a leader and person being led perspective.My big issue is the voice and tone Watkins uses throughout the book. There are several barely veiled misogynistic comments. The bias of thinking of women as poor performers and not suited for leadership weaves its way throughout the length of the book.- Specifically only referencing to managers as he/him- Only referring to high performers as he/him and poor performers as she/her

Nice book for new company and new opportunity

This book is full of nuggets of wisdom from a top-tier consultant for onboarding and transition programs in Fortune 500 companies. It is focused on developing an action plan for the first 90 days of any executive in a new role. I recommend doing the exercises as we do not actually take the time to pause and reflect on what is going on in our day-to-day, besides a couple of actionable key insights will appear.CAVEAT: many parts of the book might not apply to you depending on the type of situation you are in at the moment of reading it, hence, this is a go to book as transitions become more common in today's business world.