The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan: How to Take Charge, Build Your Team, and Get Immediate Results, 3rd Edition

CHAPTER 13

Evolve People, Plans, and Practices to Capitalize on Changing Circumstances

The 100-day mark is a good moment to start thinking about how you are going to evolve your people, plans, and practices over time to capitalize on changing circumstances. It's useful to set up a predictable rhythm. This allows people to spend less time worrying about the process and more time figuring out how to react and capitalize on the inevitable changes around them. You probably won't be surprised to learn that we think that P³ (people, plans, and practices) is a good framework for doing just that. And you won't be surprised that BRAVE—Behaviors, Relationships, Attitudes, Values, and Environment—is foundation for assessing your progress and your opportunities.

Capitalizing on Inevitable Changes

The following are important elements to consider on a regular basis.

People

Succession Planning

• Align the longer-term organizational development plans with the longer-term (three-plus year) strategic plan.
• Do this on an annual basis.

Performance Management and Talent Review

• Track progress of the longer-term succession plan and the corresponding talent needs (one-year horizon).
• Do this on an annual basis.

Plans

Strategic Review, Refresh, and Plan

• Conduct a detailed long-term look at the business (three-year horizon), leading to choices around how to create and allocate resources over that longer-term ...