New leaders enter companies with an array of personal resources—formal authority, agreement on expectations, reputation, personal energy, and skills. But bring new the leader lacks a reservoir of support and obligation on which to draw. He must accumulate political capital before he can hope to secure support for key initiatives. As we have seen, one does so in part by achieving some early wins and channeling the resulting support into broader initiatives. Another necessary step is to help other in strategic position advance their own agendas in exchange for their support by taking advantage of unplanned opportunities. One leader commented: