Master Your Next Move

The Most Powerful One-Two Punch for Your Professional Career

If you benefited from The First 90 Days, then you need this essential companion in order to Master Your Next Move.

In The First 90 Days, leadership transition expert Michael D. Watkins guides leaders through the common principles for making successful transitions. In Master Your Next Move, Watkins provides the crucial complement by addressing the unique challenges of different types of transitions and teaches you how to apply the principles in the specific situations you're facing, whether you're being promoted, leading former peers, or onboarding into a new company. You will learn how to navigate confidently through these and other classic career changes that we all experience on the road to success.

In a new introduction, Watkins includes an assessment for diagnosing your transition challenges, as well as concrete advice on how to use this book in conjunction with The First 90 Days.

• Introduction: Master Your Next Move

1. The Promotion Challenge
2. The Leading-Former-Peers Challenge
3. The Corporate Diplomacy Challenge
4. The Onboarding Challenge
5. The International Move Challenge
6. The Turnaround Challenge
7. The Realignment Challenge
8. The STARS Portfolio Challenge

• Conclusion: Designing Companywide Transition-Acceleration Systems

Well, the book didn't start very well, with a lot of disclaimers and descriptions on what would not be covered.

But after having read half of it, I was impressed and it made me think deeply, which is what I like about a book. To be frank, I would read a more expansive follow-up on this book.

I would recommend this as reading for any manager going to senior positions, even if it is a little short on details, from time to time.