Identify Beyond Your Manager

Identify two or three other people who have strong organizational knowledge. They know the organization well, and they know how it works. Once you've identified who those people are, i then sit down with each one of them and have a very concrete discussion,. The request is not just, eh, i just want a chat. The request is: Would you be willing to sit with me for, you know, forty five minutes to an hour? I just have questions around what i've observed, and would really love to learn from you. And that's all good, but if there's a certain level of urgency in accelerating this ability to really manage and lead... You almost need some somebody who