Michael D. Watkins

Dr. Michael D. Watkins is a Canadian author and leading expert on accelerating transitions. Most notably, his works include the international best seller The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at all Levels and Your Next Move: The Leader's Guide to Successfully Navigating Major Career Transitions.

Dr. Watkins had been a professor at The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the Harvard Business School, and INSEAD in France.He is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change at International Institute for Management Development in Switzerland. He has contributed multiple articles to the Harvard Business Review.

Dr. Watkins is co-founder and chairman of Genesis Advisers, an executive onboarding and transition acceleration company he founded, located in Newton, Massachusetts.