Timeline – First 30 Days, 30-60 Days, 60-90 Days Timeline: First 30 Days (Phase 1) Where do we focus? How do assess the environment? Develop an initial business-aligned IT strategy and road map.Secure early wins to build trust, confidence, and commitment.Thoroughly document the environment, analysis, and recommendations.Get a solid understanding of the history and why decisions have been made.Look for quick wins with maximum business impact with no interruption.Capture critical core business processes, metrics, and KPIs.Evaluate IT organizational structure and performance leveraging proven industry best practices, frameworks, and methodologies.Examine fiscal requirements and vendor relationships.Listen, learn, engage and communicate at all levels of the business.Define, prioritize, and agree on key personal and team objectives early.Adapt to the company culture and build relationships.Identify stakeholders needs, expectations, and communication methods.Assess the IT team’s ability to drive innovation, fuel growth, enable change, and create competitive advantage.Set the stage to become fully accountable for technology operations.Understand the company goals and associated IT expectations.The four P’s are addressed over 3 stages of the first 90 days. To ensure that the IT services provided to an organization are fit for purpose and fit for use, it is imperative that we consider 4 key areas that include: People, Products, Processes and Partners. The following is the basic outline of the Power Point Plan noted above. I have used this successfully as head of IT and as a consultant to drive award winning IT transformation and growth in numerous organizations. I would expect any CEO, CFO, COO or CHRO to have potential IT leadership candidates to be able to physically provide an example plan for interviews and show what specific results the plan has accomplished in the past. It is easily customizable for any senior head of IT leadership position. You can relieve detail to make it more simpler or add more detail for interview presentations.
LEADERSHIP 30 60 90 DAY PLAN FOR NEW MANAGERS EXAMPLES DOWNLOAD
Please feel to read through the example plan below and download for your use. Some cultures can have HUGE barriers to success for IT leaders but we must leverage our political savvy, relationship management, problem solving, and intellectual horsepower to get past roadblocks to support the business. I’ve had to find ways to get quick wins and credibility for the business to only begin to be able to begin to have conversations about strategy, projects and supporting business metrics. There have been numerous instances where I’ve led IT and there are no systems inventories, very little process documentation, no BCP/DRP, no KPIs, no metrics, no alignment strategy, and an immense need for IT to solve major business pains and re-establish trust and credibility after years of distant and dis-engaged IT leadership. Real world leadership has taught me that in some scenarios it can take up to four to six months to complete this process thoroughly in complex and culturally challenging environments.
No measures of what success will look like in 90 days, six months or one year from initial hire.Senior management fails to adequately support IT leadership.Not listening to what is being said because you think you’ve heard it all before, many times. Telling people what has been done before and should work here too.Failure to establish some trust and credibility.Getting too busy fighting fires, not understanding the business well enough and establishing relationships.What are some mistakes that are often made in the first 90 days? Having a proven and methodical plan for your first 90 days in a new IT leadership role is critical for establishing trust, credibility, and alignment between IT and the business.
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