Potts - The executive transition playbook: strategies for starting strong, staying focused, and succeeding in your new leadership role

Notes of Praise

I was inspired by the insights in this book. Aggressive in style and worldly realistic, The Executive Transition Playbook is a reminder that business is built on relationships and makes a compelling case that to achieve results in a new role starts with choosing how to lead. This is a book for leaders who want to step up, lean in, and accelerate personal growth in their progressive and sequential career path. Well written, with exceptionally clear reasoning, The Playbook is a great read and a testament to why we should listen to Hilary Potts. Its a must-read for every executive coach, and for anyone who wants to lead as if theyre being coached.

Thomas A. Kolditz, PhD

Brigadier General, US Army (ret.)

Professor Emeritus and former Head of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, West Point

Professor and Director, Leader Development Program, Yale School of Management

Executive Director, Doerr Center for New Leaders, Rice University

This book captures the essence of pragmatic leadership principles. Hilary Potts book is a valuable learning tool for progressive leaders. Use it!

Derrick Samuel, former President of Colgate Palmolive Company

I have seen too many executives stumble when making a transition. Errors made in the critical first 100 days of a new leadership role can haunt you for a long time. Every executive and manager as well as advisors to executives should read The Executive Transition Playbook. It is an easy read and yet a comprehensive guide that should be a must-have on every leaders reading list.

Andrew Neitlich, Director, Center for Executive Coaching

Hilary Potts shares clear and sensible tools to create a leadership transition plan designed to maximize your success in a new role. The Executive Transition Playbook is essential for leaders looking to build a strategy for both quick impact and long-term success.

Kristen Clendaniel Clark, consumer package goods industry executive

Hilary Potts has been a coach, friend, and partner through many leader transitions. I found the Playbook very helpful in identifying both where I succeeded and where I could do better. Its great to have it now fully developed and written down in an easy-to-follow manner. Thanks, Hilary!

Andrew Towle, Managing Director, Kellogg

Australia and New Zealand

In working with Boards, Ive seen a number of executives who, when joining a new firm, become overwhelmed and unintentionally get off track. The Executive Transition Playbook offers executives simple strategies to help them regain their focus and achieve solid results.

Nancy May, President and CEO, The BoardBench Companies

This is an excellent book that I encourage all executives in transition to readthe holy grail for effective leadership transitions.

Jayne Warrilow, CEO, Resonant Coaching

Hilary Potts has been a trusted advisor of mine for years. Her formula for executives entering new roles is compelling and practical, and echoes Hilarys personal passion and wisdom for helping leaders successfully transform businesses.

Robert E. Maher, CEO & Board Advisor;

former CEO of New York Cruise Line

A terrific read for any leader who wants to accelerate their success in a new role. This book captures a wealth of proven experience and wisdom to help the reader discover their own path to leadership success. The Executive Transition Playbook is chock-full of practical, actionable advice that is guaranteed to expand your thinking. I found myself reflecting on many of the insights long after I finished reading it.

David OBrien, President, WorkChoice Solutions

Best-selling author of The Navigators Handbook; 101 Leadership Lessons for Work and Life; and The Navigators Compass: 101 Steps Toward Leadership Excellence

The Executive Transition Playbook offers principles and practices for leaders to perform at their best within a short learning curve. The book fills a void in executive transition education. Ms. Potts book is required reading for my clients as they transition into new roles!

Linda M. Van Valkenburgh, MS, CCMC, CJSS, CSMCS, CELDC

Founder, My Executive Career Coach

Its not often I get to read a leadership transition book as useful as this. It contains well-thought-out, actionable content that is as easy to read as implement. Now its up to executives to put the advice into practice.

Stuart Elliott, Founder, Double C Coaching

The Executive Transition Playbook needs to be in the toolkit of every leader in transition. It is practical, effective, and immediately actionable. It will ensure executive success as it minimizes and removes much angst and possible derailment. A tremendous, must-have resource!

Jasbindar Singh, business psychologist, leadership coach, author and speaker, Auckland, New Zealand

No one knew that they wanted an iPhone until they actually saw the iPhone what it enabled them to do, and how it helped their lives become more meaningful. Thats essentially what Hilary Potts has done here. She has created the enabler that makes the life of an executive in transition have more meaning and achieve greater impact.

Vafa Akhavan, Founder and senior advisor, NueBridge

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