30-60-90 Day Plan Checklist
Make a 30-60-90 day plan for a new role as a checklist: what to do before day one, then concrete actions to learn, contribute and lead in each 30-day block.
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4 stages, 19 steps
1. Before day one
- Agree with your manager what success looks like at 90 days
- Read what's public: website, recent news, product documentation
- Ask for an org chart and a list of people to meet
- Set up one place to keep notes for the first month
2. Days 1 to 30: learn
- Meet your manager weekly and agree priorities
- Hold one-to-ones with your team and key peers
- Learn the product, the customers and the numbers the team is measured on
- Ask each person what they would change and what they would keep
- Deliver one small, useful win
- Write down what you've learned and check it with your manager
3. Days 31 to 60: contribute
- Pick two or three priorities based on what you learned
- Agree a measurable goal for each with your manager
- Take full ownership of your regular responsibilities
- Start one project that can show results by day 90
- Ask for feedback on how you're doing
4. Days 61 to 90: lead
- Deliver results on your priority projects
- Propose one improvement to a process or plan
- Review progress against the goals agreed before day one
- Agree goals for the next quarter with your manager
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How it works
How the 30-60-90 Day Plan Checklist works
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Pick the stages
Keep the stages you need and name an owner for each.
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Add your own steps
Add steps specific to your team or product.
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Share the checklist
Create a Room everyone ticks off together from one link.
Worked example
What it makes
1. Before day one
Arrive knowing what success looks like.
- Agree with your manager what success looks like at 90 days
- Read what's public: website, recent news, product documentation
- Ask for an org chart and a list of people to meet
- Set up one place to keep notes for the first month
2. Days 1 to 30: learn
Understand the people, the product and how work gets done.
- Meet your manager weekly and agree priorities
- Hold one-to-ones with your team and key peers
- Learn the product, the customers and the numbers the team is measured on
- Ask each person what they would change and what they would keep
- Deliver one small, useful win
- Write down what you've learned and check it with your manager
3. Days 31 to 60: contribute
Own your responsibilities and start on priorities.
- Pick two or three priorities based on what you learned
- Agree a measurable goal for each with your manager
- Take full ownership of your regular responsibilities
- Start one project that can show results by day 90
- Ask for feedback on how you're doing
4. Days 61 to 90: lead
Show results and set the next quarter's goals.
- Deliver results on your priority projects
- Propose one improvement to a process or plan
- Review progress against the goals agreed before day one
- Agree goals for the next quarter with your manager
Who it's for
Who uses it
New starters
Arrive with a plan and show progress at each check-in.
Managers
Give a new hire clear expectations for their first three months.
Job candidates
Bring a first-90-days plan to a final interview.
Good to know
What to consider
- Add your role's specific goals as your own steps: the library covers what most roles share.
- Review it with your manager at day 30 and day 60, not only at the end.
Questions
About the 30-60-90 Day Plan Checklist
Is this a checklist or a plan?
Both: each 30-day block is a stage with concrete actions to tick off. Add goals specific to your role as your own steps.
Where do the steps come from?
From a step library written and reviewed by people, not generated per visitor. Pick the stages you need, name an owner for each and add your own steps.
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