Being the new guy has always been difficult, whether in your social circle, at school, or at work. Having one of the highest positions in an organization doesn’t make you immune from this. Instead, it mandates you to build healthy relationships early on. Mike Meldrum, the CEO of Calgary Health Trust, shares the story of how he got over this obstacle in his early days as CEO. He talks about the very first steps that he did knowing the situations he’d be put in. Mike focuses on how building good relationships, not only with the higher-ups but with those below you can make running an organization a lot easier.