Set 30-60-90 day goals for a new team member
Phased learning and delivery goals for someone new on your team, with a check-in rhythm and early warning signs.
The prompt
Help me set clear 30-60-90 day goals for someone who just joined my team. This is step 2 of the 'Onboard a new hire' pack; paste the pre-start checklist from step 1, or the success profile from hiring, if you have them.
Role and level: [DETAILS]
What success looks like at 12 months: [OUTCOMES]
Their background and strengths: [e.g. "strong analyst, new to our industry"]
What they'll own first: [PROJECTS/RESPONSIBILITIES]
Earlier step output (optional): [PASTE]
Use this structure:
- Days 1-30 (learn): relationships, systems, context, and one early win.
- Days 31-60 (contribute): take on defined work with support.
- Days 61-90 (own): run their area with growing independence and propose one improvement.
Return:
1. A table for each phase: 3-4 goals, how we'll know each is done, and the support I'll give.
2. Learning goals kept separate from delivery goals, so they aren't judged on output too early.
3. A check-in rhythm (weekly 1:1s plus 30/60/90 reviews) with 3 questions for each review.
4. Early warning signs that onboarding is off track, and what I'd do about each.
5. A short version written to the new hire, so we can agree the goals together rather than me handing them down.
Make goals specific to the role. Avoid filler like 'learn the culture' unless it's tied to something observable.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- DETAILS
- OUTCOMES
- e.g. "strong analyst, new to our industry"
- PROJECTS/RESPONSIBILITIES
- PASTE
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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