Your Next Move, Michael D. Watkins
Your Next Move, Michael D. Watkins
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Your Next Move

Author: Michael D. Watkins

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Unabridged: 6 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 10/05/2009


Synopsis

After three months in a new job, are you up to speed? Will you sink . . . or swim? Transitions into new roles are the crucibles in which leaders get their toughest tests, and they're the defining factor in professional careers today.

Yet far too often, leaders fail to transition effectively into new roles. The resulting costs are high, for your career and the organization.

In Your Next Move, leadership-transition guru Michael Watkins shows how you can survive and thrive in all the major transitions you will face during your career, including promotion, on-boarding into a new organization, and making an international move. With real-life examples and case studies, he illustrates the defining hurdles associated with each type of transition.

He then provides the insights, strategies, and tools-including relationship reengineering, business systems analysis, and "organizational immunology"-you'll need to accelerate through these crucial turning points and continue moving up in your career.

The necessary complement to the author's bestselling guide The First 90 Days, Your Next Move offers the keen observations, tried-and-true management wisdom, and practical good sense Watkins is renowned for. It's a vital resource for any manager or executive seeking to maintain career momentum.

About Michael D. Watkins

Michael D. Watkins is a professor of leadership and organizational change at the IMD Business School and a cofounder of Genesis Advisers. In 2023, he was inducted into the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame in recognition of his decades of contributions to management and leadership. Originally from Canada, Michael received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo, did graduate work in law and business at the University of Western Ontario, and completed his Ph.D. in decision sciences at Harvard University. He subsequently was a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard Business School and an affiliate faculty member at the Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation.Michael is the author of sixteen books, including Right From the Start (with Dan Ciampa), The First 90 Days, Shaping the Game, and Master Your Next Move. The First 90 Days has been called “the onboarding bible” by the Economist and is an Amazon “100 Leadership and Success Books to Read in a Lifetime.” An international bestseller, it has also been translated into 20 languages. He is also the author or co-author of dozens of articles on leadership in the Harvard Business Review and Sloan Management Review. In addition to his research and writing, Michael coaches C-level executives taking new roles, supports leadership team development at senior levels, and consults extensively on organizational transformation.  


Reviews

Goodreads review by Valentina on September 08, 2021

Something I picked up when I was deciding between jobs. Thought it’d inspire me and kick in some motivation into my ambitious yet burnt out soul. And eh, this book is just OK. Nothing in here you can actually, actually use. Tried to be really into it, ended up truly reading only one of the sections......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on December 28, 2014

Unusually for a 21st Century business book, this isn't littered with jargon or mystical mumblings (although it's not entirely free of it: almost every action is "leveraging"). But it doesn't sink to the ridiculous depths of Clever or The Idea Hunter. It uses plausible examples to show the challenges......more

Goodreads review by Abhinav on January 06, 2024

"In 'Your Next Move,' Michael D. Watkins provides a strategic roadmap for navigating career transitions. Watkins' insights are not only practical but also empowering, making this book a valuable guide for anyone seeking to make impactful career moves. The blend of actionable advice and real-world ex......more

Goodreads review by Brendan on August 02, 2018

I had thought it was a career development book, fast read, more of a sequel to Watkins' The First 90 Days. Definite food for thought and worth a skim, or diving into specific chapters.......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on May 22, 2020

This book had a lot of repeats from the first 90-days but it still had some good reference material for specific situations of transition.......more