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■ Begin to seed the idea that you will be asking people to help in an
“organizational health check” program.
■ Try to develop an inclusionary management style.
■ Be careful of your vocabulary—emphasize we’s and our’s in your
language.
■ Meet individually with the unsuccessful candidates for your posi-
tion if they are in your new function, and extend an invitation to
fully utilize their skills and experience.
■ You should plan to exit your previous position effectively. If possi-
ble, help with the transition of your replacement. This may go on
simultaneously with your transition into your new job.
2. Establish ground rules and communication with your boss about the
transition process.
■ Make sure you both understand and agree to the process and the
timetable.
■ Mutually establish these ground rules.
3. You need to accelerate your job learning.
■ Use your predecessor and key staff as major sources of informa-
tion. Review documents, files, organization charts, and many
other available sources of information.
■ Ask many people a wide variety of questions. Do perception
checks.
4. Become an organizational advocate. Actively promote your organiza-
tion, its people, and its resources with insiders and outsiders alike.
5. Accept the challenge of raising expectations, hopes, and personal
empowerment of your people.
6. Build empowering relationships. Utilize a self-concept approach to
managing people. Certain specific communication patterns and
behaviors create the conditions for optimal employee performance.
These build and strengthen employees’ confidence and self-concept
on the job.