Succeeding in a New Job During the First Three Months

You’re in Charge, Now What? The 8 Point Plan, Thomas J. Neff and James M. Citrin (2007).

The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan: How to Take Charge, Build Your Team, and Get Immediate Results, George Bradt, Jayme Check, and Jorge Pedraza (2006).

The First 90 Days in Government: Critical Success Strategies for New Public Managers at All Levels, Peter H. Daly, Michael Watkins, and Cate Reavis (2006).

Shaping the Game: The New Leader’s Guide to Effective Negotiation, Michael Watkins (2006).

Six Sigma—The First 90 Days, Stephen A. Zinkgraf (2006).

Right from the Start: Taking Charge in a New Leadership Role by Dan Ciampa and Michael Watkins (2005).

Your First 90 Days in aNew Job (How to Make an Impact) by William Robinson (2004).

The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels, Michael Watkins (2003).

You’re In Charge ... What Now? Gerald M. Czarnecki (2003).

Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, and Charles Burck (2002).

So You’re New Again: How to Succeed When You Change Jobs, Ed Holton, Sharon Naquin (2001).

Marc Effron is vice president, talent management for Avon Products, Inc., where he is accountable for building the quality and depth of Avon’s leaders.

Working to support Avon’s 40,000 global associates, Marc and his team create and manage the processes for talent planning and succession, leadership and functional training, measuring and building engagement, developing high potentials, executive coaching, performance management, and more. He applies a practical, fact-based approach to building leaders, emphasizing managerial accountability.

Marc’s prior experience includes starting and leading the Global Leadership Consulting Practice at Hewitt Associates, where he created the Top Companies for Leaders study. Marc was also senior vice president, leadership development for Bank of America, director of organization effectiveness and learning for Oxford Health Plans, and a compensation consultant for a global consulting firm. He previously served as a political consultant and a congressional staff assistant.

Marc is currently writing One Page Talent Management to be published by Harvard Business School Publishing in 2010; he coauthored Leading the Way, coedited Human Resources in the 21st Century, and has written chapters in eight management and leadership books. He’s also published in journals like London Business School's Business Strategy Journal and Leadership Excellence magazine.

He is widely quoted in the business media on leadership issues and is a frequent speaker at industry events. He earned a BA degree in political science from the University of Washington and an MBA with honors letters from the Yale School of Management.

In 2007, Marc founded the New Talent Management Network (www.newtmn.com), a nonprofit networking and research organization of more than 700 talent management professionals. More information about Marc is available at www.marceffron.com.