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The first 30 days of any executive transition, when you're in between roles, may feel like downtime, but they’re anything but. This period sets the trajectory for your next chapter—shaping the clarity you’ll gain, the opportunities you’ll attract, and the quality of your eventual landing.
Psychologists call this stage a liminal space. This is the threshold between what was and what is yet to come. It’s uncomfortable, but it's also one of the most fertile grounds for transformation. In almost every case, change happens in times of discomfort, including transition.
Executives who pause in the discomfort of transition do so with intention of using this time for strategic alignment and to recalibrate their leadership trajectory.
As Dr. Tasha Eurich describes in her book, Shatterproof,“ some people build shelters, and others build windmills.” The first 30 days of your transition are your chance to build windmills—to harness the momentum of change and convert it into strategic advantage.
Your goal in these early days is to reflect, revive, and recalibrate so that you enter the next phase—redefining and reframing your leadership positioning from a place of clarity and strength.
This article outlines seven key steps, and related practical activities you can do in the early days of transition to process this time of change and prepare to authentically position yourself for your ideal next leadership role.
Read on... What happens in your early days of transition is what separates traction from distraction.
Click below to read the full article: Including 7 key steps to process, prepare, and begin strategically positioning yourself for a successful landing.
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