5 Tips for New Team Leaders; Harvard Business Review, 9/22/14

Jeanne DeWitt, Harvard Business Review; 5 Tips for New Team Leaders:

"I’ve been a new manager five times in my career: once as a first-time manager at Google going from being a teammate to leading peers, three times as I was promoted within Google, and most recently as the new Chief Revenue Officer for UberConference, a teleconferencing startup in San Francisco. What I’ve found is that success out of the gate is normally tied to being truly open to learning, communicating openly and honestly, and ultimately being prepared to take action when you know where the team needs to head.

To that end, here are the key things I’ve learned along the way:"

Interview with Cathleen P. Black, former chairwoman of Hearst Magazines; New York Times, 12/19/10

Adam Bryant, Corner Office, New York Times; Interview with Cathleen P. Black, former chairwoman of Hearst Magazines, If Opportunity Knocks, Open the Door:

"Q. If you could ask someone only two or three questions in a job interview, what would they be?

A. How will you judge your success here? And what would be the first things you would do in the first 30 days?"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/business/19corner.html?scp=2&sq=corner%20office&st=cse