New official takes office for one hundred days

Author: Peter Fischer
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: On average, leaders have to take on new positions every two to three years. How can you seize the opportunities hidden in every leadership change? How can you avoid making mistakes you shouldn’t? How do you handle employees who are secretly loyal to the predecessor, interemployee competition, and their expectations of the new leader? German management expert and author of this book, Peter Fischer, summarizes the seven key factors for new leaders to successfully adapt to their new roles through years of research and consulting and training. He also specifically introduces the different challenges new leaders face in seven different promotion scenarios and the corresponding measures to take. The book has been published for over ten years, and the strong interest of readers proves that it is now more important than ever to plan leadership changes, understand the complexities of leadership transitions, seize the opportunities in leadership changes, and avoid making mistakes you shouldn’t. We have conducted research on "Leadership Changes in German Companies," and the results strongly support the book’s prediction of accelerated leadership position changes: the average tenure of leaders is 3.4 years, and it is trending downward. In some active sectors that frequently undergo organizational changes, leaders are replaced every two years. The research also shows that leaders will increasingly focus on the change process, and unsuccessful new leaders will face replacement more quickly.