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Discover how to create 30-60-90 day plans that help your new hires find their feet in your company as fast as possible.
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Starting a new job can be a nerve wracking experience for even the most confident employees. A survey revealed that starting a new job is the tenth most stressful event in our lives – just one spot behind having a child.
Luckily, there’s plenty you can do as part of your onboarding process to ease your new hires’ worries and make sure they find their footing in the company. Creating a well-thought-out plan for their first ninety days in the job is one of the most effective there is.
Read on to discover how to create a 30-60-90 day plan for each of your new hires that makes sure they all get up to speed as fast as possible.
A 30-60-90 day plan is a document that lays out how a new employee is expected to spend their time – and what they’re expected to accomplish – in the first 30, 60, and 90 days at the organization.
A good 30-60-90 day plan is a new hires’ helpful guide through their first three months in the job. That means it should cover background information on your company, its vision, and its culture. It should also include links to all the important documents the new hire will need to access regularly and a breakdown of their teammates' roles and responsibilities.
For the new hire, make what’s expected of them crystal clear. Since 23% of employees who quit within six months say that clear guidelines on their responsibilities would have helped them stay at the job, this can have a huge impact on your turnover rates.
For managers, a 30-60-90 day plan helps your new hires hit the ground running without constantly having to ask you what they should do next. This helps ensure the onboarding process goes as smoothly as possible for each new teammate.
It's all about finding a balance in your new hire plan. Include too much information in your 30-60-90 day plans and you’ll overwhelm your new hires. But if you skimp on important details, you’ll create blockers for them and headaches for yourself.
Make sure your 30-60-90 day plans include all the information they need starting with these six sections:
Your 30-60-90 day plans should include everything your new teammates need to navigate their first few months at your company.
Set the scene with:
Include all the important links your new hire will need, including:
An employee’s first month at your organization is all about laying strong foundations for them to build on. So, don’t expect them to be leading meetings and spearheading projects.
Instead, organize their schedule around:
The goals in this section of their 30-60-90 day plan should focus on soaking up knowledge rather than making an impact and executing projects.
During their second month at your company, a new hire should have a lay of the land and be expected to start contributing more to the team.
Their objectives should reflect that by revolving around:
The goals in the second part of an employee’s 30-60-90 day plan should shift to a focus on delivering results with KPIs attached to them.
During the last month of a new hire’s 30-60-90 day plan, encourage them to make their role their own and become a fully contributing member of the team.
You might expect them to:
The goals in this final section of their 30-60-90 day plan should focus on delivering real results that help move your organization further toward its goals.
Now you know what a good 30-60-90 day plan should include, it’s time to take a closer look at how you can make sure yours are as effective as possible at getting your employees on track during their first three months at your company.
Here are simple tips to make sure your 30-60-90 day plans do just that:
Your employees are a lot more likely to take pride in their work and put their all into it if they have a say in what goals they’re working towards.
After a new hire’s first 30 days at your company, involve them in setting the strategy they’re following rather than just delegated tasks from on-high to make sure they’re fully bought into their work.
Everything in a new employees’ 30-60-90 day plan should ultimately help make progress on the company’s mission – no matter how far removed some of the tasks in it might be from that end goal.
Start with the big picture and work backwards to make sure every new hire is making as big an impact on your organization as possible.
Make the goals and objectives in your 30-60-90 day plans too hard and you’ll knock the wind out of even the most confident new hire’s sails. Set the bar too low and productivity will take a hit – and the top talent will become bored and might start wondering if they’ve made a mistake joining your company.
The secret to a successful employee onboarding is setting stretch goals – objectives that are achievable, but challenging. Goals they need to stretch themselves to hit.
Setting ambitious targets for your people and then giving them all the support they need to achieve them is the key to a productive and engaged workforce.
Ninety days can be a long time in business. Projects get delayed. Complications come up. Opportunities arise.
Regularly review an employee’s 30-60-90 day plan with them during your one-on-ones, and be sure to adjust it – or edit it out as soon as it becomes apparent it’s not relevant anymore.
What’s more important than strictly following the plan you’ve laid out is that your employee always knows what’s expected of them at any given moment – and what “success” looks like in their role. That’s what’s going to boost retention and engagement the most.
A 30-60-90 day plan is a great way to make sure your new hires settle in quickly. But it isn't the only tool in the onboarding toolbox.
Make use of the following too:
Follow the simple process we’ve outlined here to quickly create simple 30-60-90 day plans that will help your new hires find their feet in your company and own their role.
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While we recommend a peer to peer set up where anyone in your organization can give or receive recognition, you can set up Assembly however you want. If you need to limit the people who can give or receive recognition, that's perfectly fine and can be done from your Admin, here.
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