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The SmartLemming.com recommends The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels for workers at any career stage. See the table and images below for specific ratings for each career stage and category relevance.

We’ve all heard of the “first 90 days” at the beginning of U.S. president’s term. This is the first book leveraging that idea. Watkin’s The First 90 Days introduced the idea of using a 90-day plan approach to transitioning into a new role or company. This is a must-have book on 90-day planning when starting a new job. As a result of reading this book, I designed my 90-day action plan template that can be found here, click here.

The SmartLemming.com considers The First 90 Days as a must-read book for people proactively managing their careers.

Smart Lemming Ratings

• Books are rated on the following criteria: (1) Career stage; and (2) subject matter or “categories,” using a scale of 1 to 4, with 4 being a “must-read book.”
• If a book rates a “4″ for a Business Life book, then this means the book is must-read for workers looking to improve their business life skills.
• If a book rates a “4″ in the Senior Worker career stage, then this reflects that the book is a must-read for all senior workers or lower-level workers, who wish to become senior workers.

Additional Resources

• The First 90 Days, Kotler on Marketing, and Beyond the Core | Smart Lemming Rundown Podcast
• 10 Core Competencies That You Need for Career Success | Smart Lemming Rundown Podcast

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The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels
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Over 500,000 copies sold worldwide. Fully a quarter of all managers in major corporations enter new leadership roles each year. Whether their assignments involve leading a work group or taking over a company as CEO, they face very similar challenges--and risks--in those critical first months on the job. How new leaders manage their transitions can make all the difference between success and failure. In this hands-on guide, Michael Watkins, a noted expert on leadership transitions, offers proven strategies for moving successfully into a new role at any point in one's career. Concise and practical, The First 90 Days walks managers through every aspect of the transition, from mental preparation to forging the right alliances to securing critical early wins. Through vivid examples of success and failure at all levels, Watkins identifies the most common pitfalls new leaders encounter and provides tools and strategies for how to avoid them.