From Peer to Leader: Your First 90 Days

Lisha is a Swahili word meaning to nurture. This workbook is built on that idea.

Getting promoted is one of the most disorienting experiences in a professional career. One day you are a peer. The next day you are responsible for the people you used to sit beside. Most organisations hand you the title and leave you to figure out the rest.

This workbook does not.

From Peer to Leader: Your First 90 Days is a practical, honest guide through the three phases that determine what kind of leader you become. Not theory. Not a list of tips. A structured 90-day thinking tool built around the moments that actually matter: the first accountability conversation, the first time you have to delegate something you could do faster yourself, the first time you realise your team is watching how you handle something hard.

Two structures run through this workbook: three 30-day phases that map your timeline, and three pillars, Technical Anchoring, Environmental Navigation, and Performance Mindset, that resurface differently inside each phase.

Each phase gives you a framework to understand what is happening, reflection prompts to help you think clearly in real time, and checklists to keep you honest about what you are actually doing versus what you intend to do.

Phase 1: Foundation. Days 1 to 30. Who you are now and what that means for how you show up.

Phase 2: People Leadership. Days 31 to 60. Delegation, feedback, and how to develop the people you lead.

Phase 3: Performance Leadership. Days 61 to 90. Accountability, standards, and the leader you are choosing to become.

Built on the Performance Transfer Framework: Technical Anchoring, Environmental Navigation, and Performance Mindset.

Print it. Write in it. Fold the corners.

Marianne Karuga | Lisha Learning