The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan

A roadmap for planning and tracking the evolution of your organization's culture over time.

Assess your organization's current culture across key dimensions.

Evaluate how your team measures up against high-performing team benchmarks.

Analyze your situation across Customers, Collaborators, Capabilities, Competitors, Conditions, and Company.

Map strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for your new role.

Identify and evaluate the key risks facing you in your new role.

Score and prioritize risks by likelihood and impact.

The core template for building your first 100-day action plan.

A completed example illustrating how to fill out the 100-day action plan.

Tailored 100-day plan for leaders in an interim assignment.

Tailored 100-day plan for leaders promoted from within the organization.

Tailored 100-day plan for leaders already established in the role.

Extended 100-day plan for roles with a long fuzzy front end before day one.

Tailored 100-day plan for leaders who are well into their role.

A streamlined, at-a-glance checklist of new leader essentials.

Use a draft 100-day plan to stand out during the interview process.

Assess the broader context surrounding your new role.

Map the interplay between organizational context and culture.

Plan your stakeholder communications for the first 100 days.

A framework for structuring key onboarding conversations.

Checklist for personal logistics and relocation ahead of day one.

Checklist for getting your office and tools ready before day one.

Plan how news of your appointment is cascaded across stakeholders.

Plan the details of a successful first day.

A tool to help teams get to know their incoming leader.

Framework for running an alignment session with your peers.

A detailed roadmap for driving culture change in your organization.

Run a workshop to define your team's burning imperative.

Guide your team through the strategic planning process.

The essential building blocks of a strong business plan.

A dashboard template for tracking key management metrics.

A tracking spreadsheet for ongoing management priorities.

Set, assign, and track milestones across your team.

A structured approach to solving problems as a team.

Define your team's purpose, roles, and ways of working.

Sort and evaluate your team members against role requirements.

A brief to align stakeholders before recruiting for a role.

Plan the capabilities your team will need in the future.

A framework for running effective quarterly business reviews.

Plan and structure your internal communications.

Tools for managing programs and initiatives.

A guide to coaching and supporting your team members.

Navigate the two-step dynamic of working with a board.

Guidance for building an effective relationship with your board.

Guidance for leaders serving as board members.

A plan for managing the critical first 100 hours of a crisis.

Checklist for a supervisor supporting a new leader's onboarding.

Checklist for peers supporting a new leader's onboarding.

Checklist for direct reports supporting a new leader's onboarding.

Checklist for supporters helping a new leader onboard.