Critical Quarter
The First 90 Days Are Critical — Build Trust, Lead Boldly, Deliver Early.
The first three months in a new leadership role are often the most critical — a time when leaders set the tone, shape perceptions, and build credibility. Yet, it’s also a period filled with challenges: navigating a new environment, aligning teams, and managing expectations while trying to deliver quick results.
Critical Quarter, a signature program by Ritu G. Mehrish, is designed to help leaders confidently manage this transition. It equips them with the self-awareness, tools, and structure to make the first 90 days not just successful, but transformational.
About the Program
Stepping into a new leadership role can feel like being in motion before you’ve found your rhythm. Critical Quarter bridges that gap by offering a proven framework that helps leaders quickly build trust, define priorities, and establish influence.
This program combines self-reflection, leadership diagnostics, and actionable strategies to accelerate adaptation and performance. Through Ritu’s experience as an executive coach and leader herself, participants gain both strategic and personal insight—helping them create momentum that lasts well beyond the first quarter.
For organizations, Critical Quarter ensures smoother leadership transitions, reduces ramp-up time, and strengthens leadership pipelines—creating continuity and long-term impact.
Scope of the Program (Key Pillars / Modules)
The Critical Quarter program helps leaders successfully transition into new roles through six key modules:
Self Awareness
Refining and remapping skills, behaviors, and mindset required for the new role.Building Your Team
Understanding team dynamics, establishing trust, and helping the team navigate change.Setting Expectations
Agreeing on focus areas and defining success markers with key stakeholders.Building Allies
Identifying key stakeholders, mapping relationships, and creating a supportive ecosystem.Shifting Mindset
Developing strategic thinking, elevating executive presence, and making time for reflection and learning.Seeking Early Wins
Creating visibility and credibility by identifying quick, high-impact wins.
Program Outcomes
By the end of the Critical Quarter program, participants will have:
Remapped the skills and competencies required for success in their new role.
Conducted team analysis to detect any performance or capability gaps.
Defined clear markers of success with new stakeholders.
Completed stakeholder mapping to strengthen influence and support.
Identified 1–2 quick wins to build early credibility.
Created a 6-month roadmap for sustained success in your new role.
“Great leadership starts with great beginnings. Critical Quarter ensures your first 90 days become a springboard for lasting impact.”
— Ritu G. Mehrish
Who Should Attend
Newly appointed leaders and managers.
Executives transitioning into larger or more complex roles.
High-potential professionals preparing for future leadership transitions.
Organizations focused on developing strong, resilient, and adaptable leadership talent.
Testimonials:
“Ritu has been invaluable when I moved into a new role managing larger teams. With a clear framework on what to achieve in the first 3 months and beyond, she helped set me up for success.”
- Suresh Govindaraju, Director, PayPal
“Ritu supported me through my transition using her signature methodology – Critical Quarter. Her candid and constructive feedback helped me focus on things that were important. She was my sounding board and a practicing partner during this period. I would highly recommend working with Ritu, especially if you are preparing to transition into a new role.”
- Lay Peng Ong – Vice President, Seagate Technologies
Join the Program
Own Your Transition.
The first 90 days define your leadership story. Join the program to transform this critical time into a launchpad, leading every day with purpose and confidence.
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