{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Fit Happens: Why CEOs and Leaders Succeed or Fail","title":"The 100 Day Plan Is a Lie. Here's What Actually Works for new CEOs","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c6f5c14e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1111,"description":"A new CEO's hundred day plan sounds smart. The research says it's mostly fiction.\nIn this solo episode, Jason Baumgarten traces the hundred day myth back to its real origin (FDR's 1933 Congress, not leadership research) and explains why boards keep asking a question that sets new leaders up to fail. Drawing on research into CEO transitions, he lays out five separate \"clocks\" (strategic, socialization, team, cultural, and performance) that all move at different speeds, and why compressing them into one sprint produces theatrical reorgs, rushed strategy, and boards misjudging leaders in both directions.\n\nKey takeaways:\nThe hundred day plan comes from politics, not leadership research\nShareholders reported it takes 19 months for a CEO's decisions to show up in share price\nA leader's first year of results is often driven by their predecessor's work, not their own\nFive clocks run at different speeds: strategic, socialization, team, cultural, and performance\nOnboarding language wrongly frames a CEO as someone who should assimilate into the system\nBoards should separate diagnostic milestones from impact milestones\nLeaders should replace urgency with sequencing, and negotiate time horizons explicitly with the board\nReal transitions take closer to two to three years, not 100 days\nConnect with Jason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonbaumgarten/\nEmail the show here: jason@fithappens.fm\n\n00:00 Intro: Fit Happens\n00:17 The real timeline for CEO impact\n01:06 Where the hundred day myth started\n02:06 Why the myth stuck around\n03:26 What the research actually shows\n04:36 19 months, 14 months, 9 months\n05:13 Context shapes every transition\n05:50 Five different clocks explained\n06:12 The strategic clock\n06:41 The socialization clock\n07:08 The team clock\n07:34 The cultural clock\n07:58 The performance clock\n08:38 How the myth changes behavior\n09:44 The psychological cost for leaders\n10:18 The problem with \"onboarding\"\n12:14 A better model: phases, not deadlines\n14:03 Advice for...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0AtGMO0HN5UCZe2_wf8pfE5Ad7xGwtuc4BOCVD_dVlA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yNTdl/MDY2MDQyMDAzMmFk/MWIzNjMwMzMwZjFh/NTRmMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}