About the Author
Michael Watkins is an expert in leadership and negotiation. He is a pro-
fessor of practice at INSEAD, the leading European business school, and
the founding partner of Genesis Advisers, a leadership strategy consul-
tancy. Dr. Watkins is the author of the international bestseller The First
90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at all Levels (2003) and
coauthor of Predictable Surprises: The Disasters You Should Have Seen Coming
and How to Prevent Them (a Strategy + Business 2004 best business book)
and of The First 90 Days in Government (2006). He also is the author of
Breakthrough Business Negotiation: A Toolbox for Managers (winner of the
CPR Institute prize for best negotiation book in 2002) and coauthor of
Breakthr ...