CEO – Like most people, I had gone to Amazon as my first port of call. But if you type ‘First time CEO’ into the books category, the result is more akin to 50 Shades of Grey.
Useful perhaps, but not in the way I had hoped!

This is the first time I’ve written a blog so I have no idea how frequent I will be able to do it, nor how useful/relevant it will be.

However, 5 weeks in, here are some thoughts…

50% of what I thought on day one was wrong
By inference, 50% might still be correct. However, half of what I thought on day one has turned out to be wide of the mark and each day that passes, I learn more about the business and the industry, ensuring I am able to see more clearly and make better decisions.

Don’t get me wrong – instinct is a good thing and sometimes you don’t have enough data or have enough time to make a completely insightful one.

But it is easy to feel overconfident, and a little more learning shows that overconfidence is often misplaced.

The urge to do things straight away is almost irresistible
Michael Watkins wrote in his excellent book “The First 90 Days”, that new leaders must
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