YOUR FIRST (NEXT) 100 DAYS IN POLITICS

You’re in the Same Business as George Washington

We live in super competitive, hyper-partisan, and divisive times. If you are a newly elected official or political appointee, this book will help you navigate the landscape of your first 100 days.

Author and leadership advisor Robert Hargrove provides an optimist’s guide to your first 100 days. He demystifies the process of your first 100 days by providing an overview that helps you think about it, breaks down the process into doable chunks, and highlights the predictable land mines that can cause you to derail.

Robert also shares warm human stories of some of our country’s greatest leaders, as seen through the exclusive lens of their first 100 days during times in our nation’s history that were as bitterly divisive as today.

You will learn to:
•  Take charge, build a team, get results
•  Anchor yourself in America’s ennobling ideals and values
•  Build a focused first 100-day plan
•  Deliver a great inaugural speech
•  Know when to take a bipartisan approach and when to stand your ground
•  Leverage the power of shared purpose, collaboration, compromise
•  Secure early wins that build political capital and momentum

Whether you have just been elected, re-elected, or are in your first or next 100 days, use this book as your most trusted guide.

Make your first (or next) 100 days the hallmark of your entire career—whether you work in the White House, the State House, or City Hall.

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Table of Contents

Author’s Note: In My Heart, I’m a Democrat. In My Mind, I’m a Republican

Introduction: Toward the Next American Century—An Optimist’s Playbook

      Interlude: Ben Franklin—Great Compromisers Make Great Democracies

1.  The Hero’s Journey: Be the Leader America Needs

      Interlude: George Washington—Character is Destiny

2.  The Transition: Onboarding Is Not Enough—Focus on Mastering Your Job Assignment

      Interlude: Abraham Lincoln —A Leadership Transition

3.  The Leader Sets the Tone—Speak Like JFK, Communicate Like Ronald Reagan

      Interlude: FDR’s First 100 Days—The Happy Warrior

4.  Build Your Own Team of Rivals

       Interlude: Harry S. Truman—Transformation in Office

5.  Your First (Next) 100-Day Plan

      Interlude: Lyndon B. Johnson—The Man Who Would Be King

6.  Shared Purpose, Collaboration, and Compromise

       Interlude: Who Will Be Our Next Profile in Courage?

7.  Secure Early Wins—Start Small to Win Big