Leadership Discoveries #38: Starting a New Leadership Role (The Short Take)

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Leadership Discoveries™ explores how accomplished leaders exercise judgement, navigate complexity and create impact. Drawing on her experience as a senior executive, executive advisor and leadership scholar, I bring listeners inside candid conversations with CEOs, founders, board leaders and innovators. Together we explore the decisions, experiences and leadership thinking that shape organisations, careers and performance. Leadership Discoveries is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your favourite podcast platform.

Episode #38

In this special solo episode, part of The Short Take, Host Shirley Kavanagh explores starting a new leadership role. Hear how to understand the situation you’re stepping into, how to clarify expectations early, how to agree to a small number of priorities, what questions to ask your peers, and how to choose an early action that matters.

Here's a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:

  • Where do you begin when starting a new leadership role?

  • What questions should you ask yourself?

  • How do you clarify expectations early?

  • What should you do in your first few months in a new leadership role?

  • Are there any other questions to consider when starting a new leadership role?

Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and on LinkedIn.

Check out the episode and show notes below.


Show Notes

Starting a New Leadership Role (The Short Take)

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