How to Make a Great 1st Impression, Deliver Outstanding Results Quickly, Act Like a Pro from the Get-Go Without Wasting Months to Make a Smooth Transition & Excel in Your New Leadership Position with No or Little Leadership Experience
"Get your first-time leadership role on the right foot with this excellent guide from Assegid Habtewold! With the latest leadership insights and tools and tips to make a smooth transition, you can feel confident moving into your new leadership role. A must read!" - Marshall Goldsmith, New York Times #1 bestselling author of Triggers, Mojo, and What Got You Here Won't Get You There
Germantown, MD USA
Just formed your own new business or landed your first leadership role, and the pressure is getting to you?
Are you worried about letting your team down?
If you don’t overcome this syndrome quickly, you will end up joining those 60 % first-time new leaders before you.
But no worries, I'll give you my Amazon's #1 bestseller "Overcoming 1st Timer Syndrome" eBook for a nominal price. The book will empower you to beat the syndrome immediately, make a smooth transition, and excel in your new role.
Rush to grab the soft copy for just $0.50...
As you can see from the above statistics from CEB, the majority of first timers fail. It is unfortunate. It could have been avoided.
Here is the tragedy:
Many organizations throw their first-timers into deep water and watch to see if they swim or sink.
They either don't care or don't know how to properly equip their new supervisors and managers before promoting them. They fail to set them up to succeed in their first-time leadership role from the get go.
That is why you shouldn't depend on chance and wait another 24 months to see if you can survive or not while you can take sure steps TODAY that can propel you not just to survive but also thrive in the aftermath of your first-time leadership experience.
You shouldn't swim by yourself and solo while you have available support- I'm offering it right HERE.
You shouldn't allow your new leadership role to affect your confidence, health, relationships, and performance negatively while you can do something about it NOW.
You shouldn't leave your Leadership or Entrepreneurship destiny to chance while you can take matters into your hands and make a smooth transition and excel in your new leadership role QUICKLY.
Make a quick mindset shift from an employee mentality to a leadership mentality and be in charge from the get-go.
Build positive psychology, demonstrate unshakable confidence, and lead your team while holding your head up.
Develop the necessary competencies proving any doubter wrong, showing them that you're up to the task.
Use the latest leadership models, tools, strategies, and tactics to over-deliver and assert yourself as a winner.
Mold your personality to fit the position you occupy and feel comfortable in your own skin from the get-go.
Quickly build your new team and get along with other stakeholders well to be perceived as a trustworthy captain.
Set SMART goals right out of the gate and continually increase the performance of your team consistently.
Put in place systems to track your and your team's progress so that you fight complacency head-on.
Grow your team, raise leaders, coach, and mentor to sustain growth and scale.
By doing the above, achieve undeniable results, make a smooth transition, and excel at your new role. And I'm here to help...
As you can tell from my name, I'm not originally from the US. I came from Ethiopia to the US in 2005. I now live in Maryland. I'm an author, coach, facilitator, and speaker at Success Pathways, LLC.
I was born in one of the poorest villages in Ethiopia. Given from where I began my journey and how far I've come, it is humbling to see myself where I'm in life. Today, I inspire, challenge, equip, and empower leaders of world-class organizations in the US and overseas.
Using my decade of experience as a learning professional with a solid track record in diverse industries, I'm here to support you like thousands of new leaders I've been empowering over the years. I wrote this book to help first-timers like yourself.
1. Marshall Gold Smith,
2. Eddie Turner,
3. David Burkus, and
4. Sylvia Baffour, and many more leadership experts (Scroll down to READ some of the endorsements...)
That is true. I may not know you yet but I relate with you. I was there. I know how it feels. I wish I had a book like this or someone who could have told me the existence of the syndrome, and how to beat it quickly.
By the way, not just first-time leadership; everything first is always scary. And, we all have been there. It is fair if those of us who already overcame help out who are just facing these first-time experiences.
Do you remember your first driving, dating, home buying experiences? If you had the same first-time experience like mine, it was messy, to say the least
I experienced first timer syndrome when I was a youth and a student leader in the 90s and paid dire prices that could have been avoid if I knew what I know now.
While working for an international research organization, I was also infected by the syndrome as I managed a research team for the first time in the early 2000s.
1. Self-esteem,
2. Health,
3. Relationships, and
4. Productivity.
I don't wish any one to pass through these experiences.
Here is the truth. I shouldn’t have paid these unnecessary prices if I had a:
1. Book that I'm offering to you for JUST $0.50, and
2. Mentor or coach who knew about the syndrome and showed me on how to overcome it quickly.
I have been training, coaching, and mentoring new leaders for years. They articulated it differently but what they said can be summarized:
"I had wished I've known about the existence of the syndrome sooner. I thought I was the only one suffering not realizing that other first-timers too went through the same experience. I had wished I knew how to overcome it before it caused havoc. I would have avoided paying unnecessary prices and lessened the suffering that came from taking leadership for the first time. I wish I attended a similar workshop a long time ago when I was aspiring to become a leader for the first time. I could have overcome the syndrome and avoided its negative impacts..."
What is more?
If you are a new author, speaker, and/or founder, you don't want to miss the accompanying bonuses. I had wished if someone shared with me these roadmaps when I:
1. Formed my first organization;
2. Wrote my first book;
3. Prospected my 1st clients;
4. Created my first funnel; and
5. Made my first high stake speech.
Over the years, they paid me to empower their new supervisors, managers, and business owners to:
1. Overcome 1st Timer Syndrome,
2. Make a smooth transition, and
3. Excel in their first-time leadership roles.
In the book, now, you will get those latest insights, workable models and tools, practical strategies and tactics that I shared with my clients for JUST $0.50.
At this point, you may be asking, what is the regular price of the book?
First of all, the content in the book is priceless. But, I made it available only for 14.99 USD on Amazon plus shipment.
The Kindle version is 9.99 USD. Today you can get it for 0.50 USD. You don't find this deal anywhere else. DON'T MISS OUT! Get this deal before it disappears...
1. Throw out the guesswork,
2. Know what to expect in your first leadership role,
3. Anticipate the obstacles you'll be facing,
4. Know how to overcome the challenges that come with a new leadership position, and
5. Have the latest management and leadership insights, models, frameworks, tools, approaches, strategies, and tactics at your fingertips. And thus, you won't have to experience what myself and many first-timers who were in your place did.
1. Help you fully understand why the syndrome exists in the first place.
2. Assist you to recognize its symptoms and how it might have been affecting you, your performance, your team, and the larger organization.
3. Equip you to make a mindset shift quickly.
4. Support you to develop the competencies and personality traits you should cultivate to feel and act like a pro from the start...
2. Doesn't offer shortcuts and gimmicks that doesn't work in the long-term.
3. Doesn't contain shinny objects, It has workable models and tools that are very applicable.
4. Offers practical strategies and tactics that you can implement right away to see immediate results.
5. Is a handbook that guides you to make a smooth transition and excel as a new leader now and in your future first-time leadership roles.
6. Assists you coach and mentor emerging leaders in your organization if you're a senior leader.
I didn't know about the existence of 1st Timer Syndrome for years.
Looking back, I was infected and tormented by it multiple times without even knowing it. As I briefly mentioned earlier, I was a first-timer when I became a:
Then, I began to recognize that the syndrome infects everyone regardless of seniority. The only difference is that experienced leaders can shorten the life-cycle of the syndrome, and lessen its negative impacts against their personal health and the well being of their team members, and the performance of their team compared to emerging leaders.
In the offline conversations, participants shared with me the psychological impacts of being a first-timer. They asked me advice. Some even requested me to continue to coach and mentor them.
Then, I finally realized that there is a huge gap in the material...
Not just with that particular training company but afterward as I worked with other companies too. I could see that most training companies focus on helping first-timers to develop the skillsets necessary. I found the approach incomplete, and decided to come up with a holistic curriculum that goes beyond helping new leaders develop the necessary competencies alone.
Finally, I decided to write a book that specifically addresses 1st timer syndrome by following a holistic approach that equip new leaders to develop:
1. The right mindset
2. The necessary skillset
3. Solid personality that enable them to overcome the syndrome quickly, make a smooth transition, and excel at their first-time leadership position.
Therefore, you don't need to suffer like I and many others did...
That is a fair question. You don't know me yet.
Yes, in this digital age, it is hard to differentiate the REAL DEALS from FAKES.
But, you don't just take my words for it. Read what a few people are saying...
Jeff McKinney, PhD, President - The Angkor Group "...get to witness firsthand his ability to engage 150+ audience and capture their undivided attention as he spoke and shared his story, encouragement, wisdom, and guidance. Fortunately, he also did a break-out session with practical solutions and actions because the attendees wanted more."
Leila Davids, Destination Sales Manager Visit Montgomery, MD
"...I was able to tune into both your opening keynote panel and breakout sessions. Your breakout presentation was very thought-provoking and motivating! There was so much invaluable content that I could not write fast enough! I felt that you used your time very wisely allowing enough time in the end for questions. You were also very engaging with the virtual audience. Thank you for your contributions and for sharing your knowledge with us!"
Carolyn A. Patterson-Kemper, M.S., CMP, DES Principal/Copywriter, CPK Writers
"After attending Dr. AZ’s session on building a pro feedback culture, I feel more equipped to help promote a positive and transparent work environment. Ensuring the needs of employees intersect with the needs of the business can be difficult, but AZ’s approach provides business leaders with methods to improve performance, while growing and developing its team members."
Jack Marti, Go Ape USA, HR Manager, SHRM-SCP
Sylvia Baffour, Author, I Dare You to Care
Eddie Turner, Preeminent Authority on Emerging Leaders (Forbes) and #6 Ranked Motivational Speaker in the World on the 2021 Global Gurus Top 30 Rankings
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Dr. David Burkus, Thinker50 ranked thought leader and author of Leading From Anywhere
I made sure that the book resonates with all first-timers regardless of their particular situation. What is more? I committed myself to ensure that the insights, models, frameworks, tools, approaches, strategies, and tactics I shared in the book are applicable ANYWHERE.
The syndrome can inflict you for months and even then you may not fully recover and rebound. You may never be the same again. The data shows a grim picture: "Over 60% new managers fail within the first 24 months."
Worst, it may even sabotage your chance to advance in the chain of command because you stumbled at the first leadership chance you were given.
If you're a business person, you may not last long in business. The statistic doesn't give any hope for new business owner: "About 90% of startups fail. 10% of startups fail within the first year."
This jam-packed webinar was given during the first week of the book's publication.
In this ~60 minutes video, I shared the latest insights, practical models, tools, strategies, and tactics included in the book.
While you’re waiting for your book to arrive, you can watch this webinar and begin tackling the syndrome right away.
Whether you’re just opening a new organization or being promoted to lead your new team, you want to make sure that you create the right environment that sets you for success from the start.
Don't wait years to realize the importance and power of corporate culture for soaring productivity. It doesn't matter whether you are a great leader personally, have the latest technology and systems, and world-class team members. You're screwed if you don't have a productive workplace.
Without a productive culture that encourages and facilitates exchanging performance feedback among inhabitants of the culture, you cannot continuously improve the performance of your team. You cannot make your team accountable and deal with poor performance before it becomes too late.
As an emerging leader, the best way to lay a strong leadership foundation is for you to know how to set up a corporate or team culture where giving and receiving feedback is the norm, not a rarity.
You're promoted to lead your team and deliver results. You cannot fulfill these mandates without making your team members accountable. If you create a pro feedback culture, your team members expect you to give them feedback. They want to know what is working and what is coming in the way. When they get feedback from you, they don't take it personal. It doesn't affect your relationship...
This video was taken when I was facilitating a workshop for members of the Society For Human Resources Management (SHRM) members in Frederic, Maryland.
Continuously improving the performance of your new team and achieving extraordinary results on a consistent basis requires you to excel in providing effective performance feedback that delivers.
More than the actual feedback you provide, how you offer it makes or breaks, and determines whether people act on your feedback or not. If you excel in providing constructive feedback, you can give tough and challenging feedback without offending and hurting the feelings of your people.
Most importantly, your people implement your feedback and the intended results are achieved quickly. As a first-timer, this makes a huge difference in building your confidence and earning respect! It allows you to be assertive in making your team accountable plus coach them to improve their performance without waiting till the end of the year to give them performance appraisal.
This sample feedback form shows you how it is done so that you replicate the approach with some customization.
No one wants to trust and follow a leader- regardless of how smart and competent they may be, during tough and uncertain times if they don't find them predictable.
One of the approaches I suggested in the book and explained in detail for new leaders to overcome first-time leadership pitfalls is to articulate and share their leadership philosophy right away.
You don't need to wait years to join the ranks of great leaders. You can begin that journey NOW...
As a new leader, you should set the tone from the get-go by sharing your leadership philosophy with the people who report to you and others who work with you such as your superiors and other stakeholders so that they know what leadership means to you personally, what matters the most for you, what you expect from them, and what they should expect from you from the start.
That way, they know and predict you very quickly, and as a result, you become authentic, credible, and trustworthy right away.
This one-pager sample is my leadership philosophy, which helps you to articulate and come up with your own 1-pager leadership philosophy.
With the FREE checklist I’ll be giving you, you can:
1. Dramatically cut the learning curve by years.
2. Stop killing your precious time. Instead, use the time you save to spend quality time with your loved ones.
3. Prevent wasting your valuable energy and conserve it to do other things you love.
4. Avoid dispensing your hard-earned money to keep getting the same results; now, you can save money.
5. Earn the respect of your peers, friends, colleagues, and clients by becoming a bestseller.
6. Inspire many using your story and serve with your strengths and experience.
7. Generate a competitive advantage over your competitors who haven’t published yet.
8. And many more tangible and intangible benefits.
This Checklist maps out the journey for you.
It is based on my years of experience publishing 6 books including the book I’m giving you here.
In this Checklist, you'll find major milestones you should achieve to succeed in writing, publishing, and promoting your first book.
I spent years, paid thousands of dollars to attend workshops, pay for vendors, coaches, and mentors.
You don’t need to spend that amount of time, thousands of dollars, and engage in trial and error.
You can use this checklist as your roadmap to publish your first or book with a potential to make it, at least, Amazon's #1 bestseller.