Recently, Biden has made many symbolic proclamations including Black Maternal Health Week, National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, National Volunteer Week, National Park Week, mourning the death of form Vice-President Walter Mondale, and observing Workers Memorial Day.īoth graphs show the total number of Presidential Executive Orders, Memoranda, and Proclamations. Presidents use symbolic proclamations to designate days, weeks, months, and other occasions. Throughout the period, we have presented graphs (below) reflecting the total number of presidential orders with and without symbolic proclamations. Biden has been unusual in the number of his actions and their degree of focus. We have been tracking some of these actions since January 20, 2021. They draw attention to their priorities with travel and public appearances. Presidents can set the agenda through words, orders, nominations, and meetings. In that respect, has equaled the record of Reagan, and bested several predecessors. Biden has ended his 100 days with only one major legislative victory (The American Rescue Plan). FDR’s many early-term legislative victories are the exception among modern Presidents, but have become the standard of comparison.
Biden has neither of these.Įarly-term Legislative Victories. Without exception, Presidents judged in retrospect to have been “transformative,” have worked in very favorable political conditions. They won election by very large majorities and enjoyed strong ideological support from majority coalitions in Congress. Biden faces the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic crisis, climate change, and a national upheaval over institutionalized racism. For Nixon it was the environment and Vietnam.
For FDR, Reagan, and Obama, it was the economy. This gives them focus and clarity of purpose. Some Presidents take office at a moment of clear crisis. We recall that several administrations blundered after the 100-day mark.Ĭrises and Disasters. The Biden Administration has-so far-avoided similar stumbles. The Administration seemed to be incompetent. Clinton had two nominees withdraw because of failure to pay social security tax for household employees. Carter proposed eliminating 19 water projects-an economy move that backfired by alienating Congressional Democrats. Kennedy permitted the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion. Many presidents have blundered within 100 days of taking office. 100-Day Building Blocks: Set the burning imperative, put in place milestone management, jump-start early wins, sort team roles, and drive ongoing two-way communication.Ĭlick here for an overall executive summary of the New Leader’s Playbook and links to the 100-day plan tool and my articles on Forbes.Now that we have reached the end of Biden first 100 days, it’s time to ask “what’s the point of the 100 day watch?” What meaningful conclusions can we draw about a Presidency after 100 days?.Day One/Early Days: Specific start up actions, meetings, visits.Before “Day One”: Get your new boss’s input into the final plan and then jump-start key relationships, learning and set up.Message: Core headline and communication points.Approach: Given the context, culture and risk profile, how you will time your pivot from converging to evolving.The way it’s positioned in the context of the first two points will be dramatically different and better. Now you’re ready to answer the question asked. Lay out what you must do over your first 100-days to get that started right. Thus, take the time to think this through.ģ. It is critical that the logic behind your choices makes sense to the people interviewing you. It’s not critical that you get this exactly right. Who’s going to argue with that? The choice of where to focus is an important one. You are suggesting your team is part of the greater whole and should play its part in moving the greater whole forward. This is where your framing starts to pay off. Lay out what you and your new team must do to move towards those objectives.
Framing your thinking within the context of their objectives changes it from what you’re going to do to what you’re going to do to help them achieve what they want to achieve.Ģ. The key pieces of your plan should include:ġ. This is why you need to have a 100-day action plan ready to share and why going beyond the question asked to what matters most to the person asking the question is going to be the difference between your plan and the second place candidate’s plan. All they care about what you’re going to do for them. No one cares about how you’re going to ease into your role the day after they do in the old dictator.
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