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How Executives Prepare for a Stretch Assignment
In episode 174 of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how senior leaders prepare for a stretch assignment—a role that's a deliberate leap beyond their proven experience. Using the 2014 turnaround of Microsoft's cloud business under Satya Nadella as a case study, they break down the three-phase preparation framework: pre-announcement groundwork, the first ninety days, and the sustained learning loop. Lucas shares why treating a stretch assignment like a mini-CEO role changes the stakes, and Luna reveals the counterintuitive power of saying 'I don't know…
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