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A 30-60-90 day plan is a contract about the first quarter: what the new hire will learn, build and deliver, in what order, with what support. It works when it starts from the role's first-year outcomes (so the first quarter is a step toward them), when it distinguishes learning from delivering, and when the manager's part — what they will provide and when they will check in — is written down too.

These prompts build the plan from the success profile, write the manager's counterpart, and structure the 90-day review. The onboarding program page covers the organization's side; this is the individual's plan.

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1. Build the 30-60-90 plan from the success profile

Best forA plan that sequences learning, relationships and delivery toward the role's outcomes.
Inputs needed
  • Success profile
  • First-quarter priorities
  • New hire's background
How to use itGive the outcomes and what work exists. The model builds the plan by phase with learn / connect / deliver goals, each specific and checkable.
Expected outputPlan by 30/60/90 with learn, connect and deliver goals, the definition of done for each, dependencies on others, and the risks.
Act as a manager and a people partner building a 30-60-90 day plan for a new [role] starting [date].

Success profile: [first-year outcomes, capabilities]
First-quarter context: [team priorities, work available, key relationships, systems]
New hire's background: [strengths to use, what is new to them]

For each phase (days 1–30, 31–60, 61–90):
1. Learn: the specific knowledge, systems and context to acquire, and how (with whom, from what).
2. Connect: the relationships to build and the purpose of each.
3. Deliver: the work to complete — a first meaningful task in phase 1, a visible contribution by phase 2, an outcome-linked deliverable by phase 3; each with a definition of done.
4. Support needed: from the manager, the team, and others — stated as commitments with timing.
5. Checkpoints: what will be discussed at each 30-day mark.
Then: dependencies on other people's availability; risks (over-loading learning, too little real work, unclear ownership) and the adjustment rule; how the plan is shared with the team.

Specific and checkable. 'Get up to speed' is not a goal.

2. Write the manager's version with checkpoints and support

Best forThe manager's commitments alongside the new hire's plan, so the first quarter is mutual.
Inputs needed
  • The 30-60-90 plan
  • Manager's calendar and constraints
How to use itThe model writes the manager's side: what to provide by when, the checkpoint agendas, the early-warning signs, and the support to ask HR for.
Expected outputManager plan with commitments by phase, checkpoint agendas, warning signs and responses, and the message to the team.
You are writing the manager's counterpart to a new hire's 30-60-90 day plan for [role].

New hire's plan: [summary]
Manager constraints: [availability, travel, other new hires]

1. Commitments by phase: what the manager provides and by when (context sessions, introductions, the first task with clear ownership, feedback, access), aligned to the new hire's goals.
2. Checkpoint agendas (day 30, 60, 90): questions to ask (clarity, obstacles, what is harder than expected, relationships, workload), what to share (observations, feedback, what comes next), and the adjustment to the plan.
3. Weekly rhythm: the standing one-to-one and its default agenda for the first quarter.
4. Early-warning signs (isolation, no real work, unclear priorities, overload) and the response to each.
5. The message to the team: what the new hire is working on, how to help, who the buddy is.
6. Support to ask HR for and when.

Keep the manager's commitments realistic for the stated constraints; a plan the manager cannot keep damages trust in the first month.

3. Run the 90-day review as a two-way conversation

Best forA review that assesses progress against the plan, gathers the new hire's view of the company, and sets the next quarter.
Inputs needed
  • Plan and evidence of progress
  • New hire's checkpoint feedback
  • Any concerns
How to use itThe model prepares the review: evidence against each goal, the two-way questions, how to raise concerns fairly, and the next-quarter plan. Any decision about continued employment follows policy, with HR.
Expected outputReview preparation with evidence per goal, the conversation guide, the concern-handling approach, the next-quarter plan, and the record.
Act as a manager preparing a 90-day review for [new hire, role].

Plan: [goals by phase] Evidence: [what was delivered, learned, built; feedback from the team]
Checkpoint notes: [what the new hire said at days 30 and 60]
Concerns, if any: [specific, with examples]

1. Progress against each goal: achieved / partly / not, with the evidence — and where the plan itself was wrong (goals unrealistic, support not provided).
2. Two-way conversation guide: what the manager shares (specific strengths observed, growth areas as behaviors with examples, what the next quarter holds); what the manager asks (how the role compares to expectations, what the company should change about onboarding, what support they need, whether they intend to stay and why).
3. Concerns: how to raise them — specific examples, the expectation, the support offered, the timeline to reassess — and the point at which HR is involved per policy. Do not draft any employment decision here.
4. Next-quarter plan: two or three outcome-linked goals, support commitments, checkpoint.
5. Record: what is written down, shared with the new hire, and stored.
6. Feedback to the onboarding program from this review.

Tone: direct and supportive. The review is about the plan and the work, not the person's worth.

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