05Insight

New CEOs arrive with a deck. The ones who last arrive with questions and a very short list of promises.

New CEOs arrive with a deck. The ones who last arrive with questions.

A plan written before you have met the people who must carry it is a guess with formatting. Spend the first month listening in a structured way, and publish what you heard before you publish what you will do.

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