President-elect Obama’s Transition Lessons
Posted by Oliver Nyumbu
November 13th, 2008 | No Comments »
Led by John Podesto (former Chief of Staff for Bill Clinton), the Obama transition team has gone back 50 years to study other transitions, hour by hour in some cases, seeking to tease out key lessons. The lessons they emphasised include:
- Getting going quickly but deliberately
- Being careful
- Being thorough in analysis
If you are managing a key transition in your organisation could you benefit from taking a leaf out Obama’s transition team?
