A new CEO or business owner’s first days on the job are critical. Good CEO advice is all about finding the right balance between getting people on your side and making positive change.

A wrong move here, a miscommunication there ... missteps like these can cause damage long before the new leader has a chance to make a positive impact.

To help newly promoted executives or others assuming control of a business, Roger Martin, author of Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works, offers some great advice in HBR Blog Network.

Here are five rules he says every new CEO should follow: (more…)