Template · downloadable DOCX, 15 min to adapt

Free 30-60-90 Day Plan Template for Small Business

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This is the single doc your first hire should walk into. It is built for a founder without an HR team, splits the first three months into Learn (1-30), Contribute (31-60), Own (61-90), and bakes in the exact check-in cadence we argue for: daily in week one, then weekly. Download the DOCX, delete two thirds of it, and drop in one real shippable task for week one.

  • Structure the first month as Learn, not passive reading: understand the company, role, and people with weekly checkboxes
  • Default check-in cadence is daily in week one then weekly, which forces the founder pairing we recommend
  • Free DOCX you edit in 15 minutes instead of building an onboarding doc from a blank page
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The question it answers

  1. How do I make my very first hire feel productive in their first two weeks instead of lost?

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