Before Onboarding: How to Integrate New Leaders for Quick and Sustained Results

My new book, Before Onboarding: How to Integrate New Leaders to Quick and Sustained Results, was recently published.  It is available on Amazon (with a growing body of reviews) and can now be ordered directly from the publisher via this link:  https://www.createspace.com/3578473.  Contact me at mburroughs@dhrinternational.com if you are interested in an organizational discount code for bulk purchases from the publisher (e.g., companies, graduate schools, governmental agencies, healthcare organizations, etc.).

The book provides a detailed template for how organizations can ensure new leaders at all levels arrive fully prepared to achieve early wins; avoid costly, preventable mistakes; and sustain their early successes over the long term.  The process is as applicable to outside hires as it is to internal promotions.

Attrition rates for new senior leaders are high.  Studies range from 30 to 50%.  Many are gone within two years.  What occurs in the first 90 days often determines the ultimate success or failure of new leaders. The emphasis in organizations is on selection and hiring new leaders, but little is done to ensure their new investment is successful either in the short or long term.  That is most often left to hope and chance.  There are solutions to this problem.  This book is one of them and is a proven practice. "Before Onboarding" helps organizations ensure the right things are accomplished in the right order during those first three months, and also compresses the time it takes for new leaders to return value to their organizations. New leaders arrive with a "Blueprint for Success" in hand that was developed through a series of interviews with key stakeholders by a process consultant.  It begins when an offer is accepted and culminates 90 days after the start date with a series of follow-up conversations involving the hiring manager, the new leader and the consultant.

It's a short book--120 pages, and is a succinct, informative read.  See the reviews at Amazon.com.