New Hire Onboarding Checklist

When to use this

Used by the EA in partnership with HR. The point isn't to tick boxes — it's that the new joiner is set up to do good work as soon as possible, with the right people in their orbit.

# Senior Hire Onboarding — [Name]
**Start date:** [Date]   **Role:** [Title]   **Manager:** [Name]

## Before day 1
- [ ] Offer signed and returned
- [ ] Right to work confirmed by HR
- [ ] Equipment ordered (laptop, monitor, phone)
- [ ] Email + accounts provisioned
- [ ] Calendar set up with standing meetings (week 1 only)
- [ ] Welcome message drafted from team
- [ ] Day-1 schedule shared with new joiner

## Week 1
- [ ] Day 1: laptop setup, badge, photo, lunch with team
- [ ] Introductions with direct manager
- [ ] Intros with each direct report (30 min each)
- [ ] Intros with key stakeholders (30 min each, top 5)
- [ ] Read-in pack delivered (org chart, strategy doc, recent board pack)

## First 30 days
- [ ] Listening tour booked and started
- [ ] First skip-level meeting
- [ ] Read all standing reports
- [ ] First "what I've heard" write-up to manager
- [ ] 30-day review booked

## First 60 days
- [ ] First decision made / changed
- [ ] First piece of feedback to manager
- [ ] Joined the appropriate forums and committees

## First 90 days
- [ ] First public commitment to the team on what they'll do
- [ ] 90-day review with manager
- [ ] Personal development plan in place