Niamh O'Keeffe

Are you stuck in a career rut? Are your former peers progressing ahead of you? Are you doing all the hard work but getting none of the rewards? Are you wondering what everyone else seems to know that you don't? Asking for a promotion ranks high on the list of life's most anxiety-inducing activities. Putting yourself out there to higher-ups can be intimidating, and competition can be fierce, especially in the current economic climate. And, of course, what if they say no? But it's also one of the most important things you can do for your career. If you want to move forward in your company or field, promotions are part of the game and they won't just be handed to you - you have to work - and ask - for them. Ready to take that next step? Penguin Experts Series: Get Promoted will give you everything you need to know before the big conversation.

Get Promoted

Targeted at the time-poor, ambition-rich business leader, this fast, focused and practical book gives you the critical insights and practical tips you need to create and execute an effective plan for your first 100 days in a new role. It will help you accelerate your leadership success during this crucial early phase. * *100 day timeline approach - everything you need to know, do and plan in order to hit the key milestones in your journey to leadership success. *100% practical - structured guidance, expert insights and critical advice in immediately implementable bite-sized sections. *100 minute speed-read - when you want results fast, this book is the answer to the real-time challenge of your first 100 days. Readers will learn how to: * *Live up to the time pressure and perform better and faster as a new leader. *Respond to stakeholders when they are looking for answers. *Accelerate their leadership performance in order to accelerate their career. *Deal with stress, feelings and confidence issues As founder of First100, the author has a platform to sell the books to her client companies, which include: BT, Vodafone, Accenture and John West.

How to Make Maximum Impact in Your New Leadership Role

Your First 100 Days

The first 100 days is a key indicator of success in your new role. With structured planning, commercial insights and leadership coaching, Niamh O'Keeffe provides all the crucial insights to empower any time-pressured leader to achieve the very best start. Through its focussed approach, practical advice and exercises, frequent check-ins and real-life examples, Your First 100 Days is your all in one guide to getting ahead. Structured in bite-sized chunks and arranged along a 100-day timeline, you can create, deliver and sustain an effective plan during this crucial early phase to hit the ground running. ACCELERATE YOUR LEADERSHIP SUCCESS IN YOUR FIRST 100 DAYS - AND BEYOND

Shows anyone coming into a new leadership role how to position themselves as an effective leader from day one and how to gain exceptional results from their team. We all know the importance of making a strong start in a new role. Nowhere is a leader’s success or failure more obvious than in the performance of their team. This quick read will help new leaders firmly establish themselves at a time of uncertainty and generate teams who perform at their maximum. This 100-minute read is 100% practical and breaks down the 100 day period into 5 sections: @ Start @ 30 Days @ 60 Days @ 90 Days @ End It shows you the targets you should be aiming to achieve by each deadline and provides assistance at every stage on reviewing your team’s performance and planning ahead. Containing case studies, lists, coaching notes and exercises, this is the ultimate accessible guide to leading a team

Lead Your Team in Your First 100 Days

How to Get Ahead and Get Promoted

Your Next Role

Sarah Wood

Ever felt like you need an inspired action plan on how to step up? Stepping up could be about taking on your first leadership or management role. It could be about changing your career, or leaving employment to start up on your own. It could be about changing the way you run a team already under your management. Whatever your circumstances, you will face the same issues we all do: changing attitudes, changing technology and our fast-moving rollercoaster of a world. Stepping Up will inspire and equip you to understand and respond to that change and develop your ability to lead yourself and others through it. Follow the practical five point framework on how to step up and fulfil your ambitions: 1. Vision – How to reset your rules in a complex and changing landscape 2. Values – Develop your leadership mission by understanding why you want to lead 3. Velocity – Invest in yourself and build the skills and capabilities of a great leader 4. Votes – Invest in your team and bring together a fantastic team of people to take you on your journey 5. Victories – Deliver brilliant results and ensure you can deliver on your promises Accelerate your skills and potential, and take charge of your leadership career. “This book is so needed. A manual for the leadership generation that want to create their own future.” Kathryn Parsons. Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Decoded. ““Leadership can be practised at all levels. Step up or step out of the way.” Thales Teixeira, Professor at Harvard University "Sarah is one of the most inspiring leaders I know, anyone wanting to become one too should read this book." Baroness Martha Lane Fox, founder of lastminute.com, Chancellor of The Open University, Board Member of Twitter.

Accelerate your leadership potential

Stepping Up

Stepping up could be about taking on your first leadership or management role. It could be about changing your career, or leaving employment to start up on your own. It could be about changing the way you run a team already under your management. Whatever your circumstances, you will face the same issues we all do: changing attitudes, changing technology and our fast-moving rollercoaster of a world. Stepping Up will inspire and equip you to understand and respond to that change and develop your ability to lead yourself and others through it.

Niamh O'Keeffe

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