An inside look at Microsoft’s 90-day comms plan for new executives – Ragan Communications

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The first 90 days of an employee’s tenure is a key window in which they get culturally acclimated to a new organization, often with the help of communicators. The same concept applies to new executives.

During Ragan’s Internal Communications Conference at Microsoft HQ in Redmond, Washington, Kristen Larsen, director of executive communications for the chief marketing officer at Microsoft, shared what she’s learned in her first 90 days with several executives, sometimes the hard way.

“We’re good at our jobs, and it’s really dangerous,” she said….