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Have you actually told your newest executive hire, in concrete terms, what winning looks like at day ninety?

Most CEOs leave decision rights, sponsorship, and success measures for a new hire's first quarter loosely implied rather than clearly said. In this episode, Phil unpacks why a hire you're privately doubting is more often a design problem than a judgement error, and how to fix it inside a single week.

• Why the first six weeks of a new executive's tenure often quietly shape the rest of it
• The three things that tend to go undefined at the start, and how to close each one in under twenty minutes
• How to tell whether your doubt about a hire is about them, or about what you never told them

Listen now, then sit down before Friday and write two or three concrete measures of what day-ninety success looks like for your newest hire.

The Partnership Playbook is the podcast for leaders who want to grow with clarity, create leverage through partnerships, and lead their teams with meaning. Each episode gives you practical insights drawn from two decades of building and backing companies, coaching CEOs, and closing high-value partnerships across industries. You’ll learn how to scale yourself as a leader, choose partners that help you grow faster, and turn trust, alignment, and first wins into momentum that lasts.

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