My latest article for Inc, on building a management transition team (since you know, transition teams aren’t just for presidents) is available at http://www.inc.com/charles-edge/when-managers-change-tips-for-the-new-boss.html. It starts like this:
“The only thing that never changes is that everything changes,” author Louis L’Amour wrote.
Nowhere is this truer than in business. Managers leave, get promoted or are transferred to different jobs.
As an incoming manager, you face a special challenge when taking the reins from someone who may have led the team for a long time. As the “new kids in town” you owe it to yourself, your new reports and the organization not to get caught flat-footed during the transition.
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