Your First 100 Days

@ start

• Launch your First 100 Days Plan
• Show up as a leader, not a manager
• Bring ‘sizzle’ as well as substance
• EQ will be as important as IQ
• Critical success factors for the next 30 days: day 1–30

1 Launch your First 100 Days Plan

You can make a fanfare launch of your First 100 Days Plan as soon as you arrive, but my advice is not to do that. Instead, it is best to arrive and ground yourself in the role for 5 to 10 days to check what the experience is like on arrival, and to confirm and make any final tweaks to the plan.

For example, prior to arrival, you may not yet have met all the stakeholders, so your First 100 Days Plan may not have ...