Meet with key partners, vendors, 3rd parties and understand the relationships.Meet with representatives from other departments to understand what their roles are, how your team fits the picture, and to start building relationships.Meet with your management team and every single team member (if the team is small enough) or at least with key employees (if you are heading a large organization), listen and understand various aspects of the company, its mission, culture, values, and who is on board.So what are the key things to do in the first forty days? You already have some understanding from your previous research but now you can dig into details. The first weeks on the job needs to be for you to understand the company and the people you will work with. The very first day is the day when your listening journey starts. And you need to prepare a couple of ready to deliver speeches about who you are, why you are here, what you believe in, and why people should listen to you since you need to be setting some expectations from day one.If possible you should also ask around and research what the customers and former employees say about the company.You need to know how the company is doing, what its mission is what it claims to stand for (you will have opportunity to verify these when you start).You need to research the competitive landscape and understand the business at the level any outsider can.Meet with your future boss to understand your mission, why you are being brought on board.You don’t need to know every single detail, it would be too difficult for an outsider to discover anyway, but you need to understand the major themes. You don’t want to be seen as ignorant the very first day on the job. You don’t want to show up on the first day and have no clue what the company culture looks like, what the major challenges are, what the expectations from you are, what the industry looks like, who the customers and main competitors are, and what questions you should ask. The higher the position the more preparation is needed since you are expected to hit the ground running. Share this plan with your new boss and even with the team and follow through. So how do you do all of that? Have a plan! As the 6P rule goes (Perfect Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance), do your homework and have a clear plan on what you want to achieve over the first hundred days. And you want to show to your boss that he made the right call hiring you. You want to justify to the other managers at the company that you being hired rather than them being promoted was the right thing. You want to show that you are bringing value. You want to be seen as a decisive and fair leader. You want to show the team you are the right choice. You just joined a new company in a senior management capacity. Home › Leadership › 100 Days In New Management Role