There are several components of this including positioning yourself for a leadership role, selling before you buy, mapping and avoiding the most common land mines, uncovering hidden risks in the organization, role, and fit, and choosing the right approach for your transition type.

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There are several components of this including positioning yourself for a leadership role, selling before you buy, mapping and avoiding the most common land mines, uncovering hidden risks in the organization, role, and fit, and choosing the right approach for your transition type. (Including an interim role).

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Importantly for Apple, there are over 225M active iTunes accounts today positioning Apple to have a significant role in mobile commerce.

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Despite his positioning to take on such a major role, the elder Karzai is a relative unknown figure in Afghan politics.

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He's positioning Adobe to once again play a dominant role in the next evolution in online media.

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