• Advice for a new executive.
• Seven Surprises for New CEOs (HBR, 2004). “Through our work with new chief executives of major companies, we have found seven surprises to be the most common. How well and how quickly new CEOs understand, accept, and confront them will have a lot to do with the executives’ eventual success or failure.” Every new CEO I have ever sent this to has said, “wow, this is right, wish I had known this.”
• The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter