Authors / Jason Jennings

Jason Jennings is the bestselling author of the new book Hit The Ground Running: A Manual For New Leaders published by Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA). He is also the author of Less Is More: How Great Companies Use Productivity, Think BIG, Act Small: How America’s Best Performing Companies Keep the Start-Up Spirit Alive and co-author, with Laurence Haughton, of It’s Not The Big That Eat The Small…It’s The Fast That Eat The Slow. USA Today has named Jennings one of the three most in-demand business speakers in the nation.

"New leaders are expected to diagnose correctly, land on a brilliant strategy, pull together a powerful team, and inspire everyone to execute. Unfortunately," says Jason Jennings, "long lead times are gone. The months that leaders used to get for pondering, debating, or hiring outside consultants has shrunk to days." So how does a new leader hit the ground running?