Your First 90 Days as a Manager: The Checklist & Template Kit for New Managers

Just promoted to manager? Stop improvising.

Your First 90 Days as a Manager is a practical, step-by-step playbook that shows you exactly what to do in your first three months, with a 30/60/90-day plan, word-for-word scripts for hard conversations, and 10 fill-in templates you can use right away.

Most new managers get a title, a new team, and no plan. This kit is the plan.

WHAT'S INSIDE

- The 30/60/90-day playbook: Learn (days 1–30), Align (days 31–60), Lead (days 61–90), each with a clear goal and a checklist

- Pre-Day-1 preparation: how to run the Expectations Conversation with your boss, plus a recap email you can copy

- The mindset shift from doer to manager, and the five traps new managers fall into

- 6 ready-to-use scripts for hard conversations: corrective feedback, repeated underperformance, managing a former peer, pushing back on unrealistic deadlines, delivering bad news, and resolving team conflict

- A weekly management rhythm and a simple structure for great 1:1s

- 10 fill-in templates: 30/60/90-Day Plan, Expectations Conversation Sheet, First 1:1 Notes, Stakeholder Map, Weekly 1:1 Agenda, Team Goals & Working Norms, Delegation Brief, Feedback Prep Sheet, Weekly Manager Review, and 90-Day Self-Review

WHO IT'S FOR

- First-time managers and team leads

- Employees about to be promoted

- Experienced individual contributors moving into leadership

- Anyone who wants a clear structure instead of guessing

WHAT YOU GET

- A 38-page PDF, ready to read and print

- An editable Word (.docx) version so you can adapt the templates

- Instant digital download

Note: This kit offers general management guidance. It is not legal or HR advice.