Executive Onboarding

Executive Onboarding
High performing executives are better able than average
performing executives to differentiate between what is
important and what is unimportant. They have an eye for
filtering out time-eaters and accomplish more through focused
thinking, and avoiding distractions by narrowing their minds
and focus on what is relevant in reference to the critical path of
a company.
Most established companies know that there must be a
mechanism to strategically focus the organization on what it
does best and keep it from getting distracted by other
opportunities in order to gain – and hopefully sustain –
competitive advantage. This includes ensuring that a clear
organizational raison d’etre 22 exists e.g. purpose, vision,
mission, values, goals; a narrowly defined value proposition of
the business is set and a distinctive competency deployed in the
organization – i.e. what the organization can be better at than
any one of its competitors.
Obviously, organizations can operate without strategic focus;
however, it is our experience that companies that develop and
adhere to a clear strategic focus also have a significant
competitive advantage in the long-term.
When diagnosing a new organization, it is essential to start at the
core of your team and work yourself out from there. Meeting up
with your direct reports first, and subsequently establishing
dialogs with other internal and external stakeholders seems to be
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Reason for being
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