When you start a new job, you are in a -temporary state of incompetence, - faced with having to do the most when you know the least. Tom Neff and Jim Citrin, two of the world's experts on leadership and career achievement, know what it takes to succeed in a new position. Through compelling, first-hand stories, from CEOs like Jeffrey Immelt of GE and Bob Eckert of Mattel, You're in Charge--Now What? offers an eight-point plan to show you how to lay the groundwork for long-term momentum and great performance.

What is different about the careers of people like Lou Gerstner, the acclaimed, recently retired chairman and CEO of IBM? Or Senator Elizabeth Dole, Yahoo COO Dan Rosensweig, and Tom Freston, chairman and CEO of MTV Networks?
Why did they ascend to the top and prosper why did they have extraordinary careers while others equally talented never reached their potential or aspirations?
Jim Citrin and Rick Smith of Spencer Stuart, the world s most influential executive search firm, set out to explore this question. The result based on in-depth, original research is sure to be the most...