It’s not great, but first impressions are often the only ones that matter. So what can you do to give the best first impression over your first 90 days?
Cheat by starting early. Who says your 90 days has to start when everybody else’s does? Start early! Do the stuff you’d be embarrassed to do if you were actually in the office: deep dive product research, spend a lot of time on LinkedIn getting a feel for the other employees and sending out some friend requests, familiarize yourself with the origin story and get an early read on corporate culture, have some lunches with some future fellow coworkers and ask them about key projects or initiatives that are coming up.
CEOs are spending more time on making the business case for their environmental and social commitments, and they’re building more rigorous mechanisms for addressing thorny issues and mitigating PR risks. To avoid communications missteps, CEOs should ensure they have the organizational capabilities and tools in place to monitor and analyze emerging issues and to gauge the sentiment of key stakeholders.
The vast majority of business leaders responding to a recent survey said they’re concerned they can’t train employees quickly enough to keep up with AI and tech developments in the next three years. A similar amount said AI and other tech disruptions will require companies to rethink skills, resources and new ways of doing work.
If you were to ask a random person on the street what an HR professional does, their answer would probably be conflict resolution, or that HR folks deal with employee salaries and benefits. And while that is part of an HR professional’s responsibilities — to ensure employee safety, respect and accountability — that doesn’t even scratch the surface.
