Staying on Track

You will have to fight to keep your balance every single day. Ultimately, your success or failure will flow from all the small choices you make along the way. These choices can create momentum ”for the organization and for you ”or they can result in death by a thousand cuts. Your day-to-day actions during your transition establish the pattern for all that follows , not just for the organization but also for your personal efficacy and ultimately your well-being.

ACCELERATION CHECKLIST

1. What are your greatest vulnerabilities in your new job? How do you plan to compensate for them?

2. What personal disciplines do you most need to develop or enhance? How will you do that? What will success look like?

3. What can you do to gain more control over your local environment?

4. What can you do to ease your family s transition? What support relationships will you have to build? Which are your highest priorities?

5. What are your priorities for strengthening your advice-and-counsel network? To what extent do you need to focus on your internal network? Your external network? In which domain do you most need additional support: technical, political, or personal?