24TH NOVEMBER 2011
CNN features Author & Founder Niamh O’Keeffe , ‘Making the first 100 days pay off’, in the Route to the Top.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/14/opinion/career-100-days/index.html?iref=allsearch

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29TH SEPTEMBER 2011
The Seven Deadly Sins of New Starters

1ST SEPTEMBER 2011
What Not to Do in Your First 100 Days

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

http://www.businessfirstonline.co.uk

http://www.freshbusinessthinking.com

12TH JULY 2011
The wrong move

In a brutal assessment, leadership expert Garrett O’Keeffe explores why becoming a CEO could be a disastrous career move for FDs.

16TH MAY 2011
Advice for New Leaders in the Legal Profession from First100™

16TH MAY 2011
Figuring Out What Really Matters in the First 100 Days

16TH MAY 2011
Why FDs Don't Always Make the Best CEOs

http://www.smallbusiness.co.uk/

http://www.actuarialpost.co.uk/

http://www.biz-works.net

http://www.management-issues.com/

6TH APRIL 2011
Stepping Up to a New Leadership Role: First100™ Addresses the Five Factors of Success for Changeboard

11TH MARCH 2011
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11TH MARCH 2011
First100™ comments on Maternity Returners to work on International Women’s day.

http://www.bizmag.co.uk/News/newsStory.aspx?storyID=509&sectionID=9

http://www.consultant-news.com/article_display.aspx?p=adp&id=7689

http://www.inspira-uk.com/news_article/returning_to_work

http://www.croner.co.uk/croner/editorialDetails/category/HR-News/editorial/Don-and-x2019;t-feel-guilty-high-flying-women-told

http://www.lincolnshiretoday.net/en/lt/business/352/Women-returning-to-work-should-not-feel-'guilt'--Home-rest.htm

http://www.recruitment-international.co.uk/news/high-flying-females-should-not-feel-“guilt”-returning-to-work-after-having-a-baby-5532.htm

http://www.sussexbusinesstimes.co.uk/news/view-story.php?id=332

http://www.fmwf.com/media-type/news/2011/03/high-flying-females-should-not-feel-guilt-returning-to-work-after-having-a-baby/

http://www.freshbusinessthinking.com/news.php?NID=7615

http://seekingalpha.com/news-article/703123-high-flying-females-should-not-feel-guilt-returning-to-work-after-having-a-baby

http://www.olezine.co.uk/news/137/mothers%3A-don't-feel-guilty-returning-to-work/

21ST FEBRUARY - THE SUNDAY TIMES
First100™ Discusses the Challenges Faced when Making the step-up to a Managerial Role'

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The Art of Team Building

In the first of a series of articles focussing on how to prepare for your first 100 days in a new senior executive role, Padraig Coffey examines the importance of building the right team.

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First100 Coaching Schools Garner Widespread Online

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Sunday Times Coverage Outlines the Impact of First100™ for Newly Appointed Leaders

4TH FEBRUARY 2011
First100™ Assesses the Current Issues around Global Leadership Needs (see pp 30-33)

13TH JANUARY 2011 - THE IRISH POST
First100™ donates funds to support new Social Business for street children in India

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Origins of first 100 days

Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) had his inauguration as President of America on 4th  March 1933. It occurred in the middle of a terrifying bank panic. Historian Arthur Schlesinger described the mood at FDR's inauguration: "It was now a matter of seeing whether a representative democracy could conquer economic collapse. It was a matter of staving off violence - even, some thought - revolution."

Nearly 13 million people in the US - one in four - were jobless. Nineteen million people depended upon meagre relief payments to survive. Workers lucky enough to have jobs earned, on average, only two-thirds what they made at the start of the Depression in 1929. Many of those who had money lost it: four thousand banks collapsed in the first two months of 1933. So great was the emergency, some urged dictatorial powers, but FDR rejected the suspension of constitutional government. Instead he embarked on a plan of "Action, and Action Now" to meet this vast crisis. The speed and scope of his actions were unprecedented.

FDR’s legendary "First 100 Days" concentrated on the first part of his strategy: immediate relief. He successfully prevented a run on the banks by immediately declaring a "bank holiday," closing all banks indefinitely until bankers and government could regain control of the situation. From March 9 to June 16, 1933, FDR sent Congress a record number of bills, all of which passed easily. The second part of his strategy was to provide long-lasting reform to the nation's economy. The First 100 Days was important because it got the New Deal off to a strong and early start, resulting in many essential programs taken for granted in the US today.

Many later presidents have used the "First 100 Days" as a measure against which to mobilize their own administrations. But none has succeeded in achieving FDR's legislative agenda. In less than four months the economy was stabilized, homes and farms were saved from foreclosure, and massive relief and work programs addressed the dire needs of the people. Most important, the First 100 Days restored hope and, in the process, preserved democratic government in the United States.

See any interesting parallels between FDR and the challenges that faced President Barack Obama in his first 100 days in office? Faced with considerable pressure to get the American economy and the global economy back on track, it was worth noting that one of his first actions as President Elect was to announce his Two Year Plan - hitting the ground running so fast that even though there can only be one American president at a time, he had to demonstrate a fast start months ahead of official day one.

Your first 100 days content will not be as dramatic as that of FDR or President Barack Obama.

Nonetheless, leaders in today's high performance corporate organisations do find themselves in extremely pressurised situations and need to be able to step up with speed.

18TH OCTOBER 2010
First100™ launches into New York

Fiona O’Keeffe, Global Marketing Director announced the launch of First100™ at the IIBN New York, 23rd September. The event took place at the offices of international law firm Crowell & Moring on Madison Avenue. Over 100 attendees enjoyed the evening which also included David Bobbett, CEO of H&K International, as a speaker.

14TH MARCH 2011
Careers Symposium in Waterford Institute of Technology

Garrett O'Keeffe, Senior Consultant, First100 Ltd was a guest speaker at a recent Careers Symposium in Waterford Institute of Technology. He spoke to graduates and post graduates about his own experiences on a graduate management program and also about how to prepare for your first 100 days in a new role.

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