THE 100-DAY PLAN

The 100-day plan is important!

As a manager in a new job, it is important to have a plan for what you want to spend the first 100 days on. The first 100 days are the time when a new manager can get to know the job, colleagues, competitors, and the company’s values

You can also, with the help of your well-executed onboarding, do yourself and the company a huge favor. The better prepared you are, the easier it will be for a new manager to be in a new position. You bear a part of the responsibility for you being successful in your new position.

It is important when you start as a new manager that you communicate with your new colleagues. You must announce what you intend to do and how you intend to do it. Make sure you agree with your employees, colleagues, and bosses about how you will communicate with them.

Make sure you don’t immediately come in with a mission to change everything. This can ultimately result in pushing your new employees away.

Many believe that the first 100 days are the ones that decide whether the new manager is now also good for the company. It’s not true. However, you must of course have some goals that you would like to achieve within the first 100 days.

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The responsibility is yours

You have prepared your 100-day plan, and now it must also be fulfilled. The responsibility for complying with it lies with you as the new manager. You must adhere to your goals and the agreement that you entered into when you were hired.

It is estimated that around 30 percent of new managers experience problems within the first 100 days.

That is why it is important to have a 100-day plan so that you avoid making mistakes that you could have planned for. Several experts say that if you have not already made a plan before starting the job, you are behind. Therefore, before you even start, you must have a plan ready to be acted upon as a new manager.

What should a 100-day plan consist of?

A 100-day plan consists of many things and is everything that helps to ensure that you as a new manager will be successful. It is important, when you prepare your 100-day plan, that you have come up with some sub-goals that must be achieved on an ongoing basis.

It is equally important that you have also considered what will happen if the goals are not reached on time and whether more time should be spent on them. It is also important to set up some criteria for when the goals that have been set are a success.

 

In a 100-day plan, it is a good idea to also make a learning plan, in which the things you need to learn about before the first 100 days have passed are noted.

It is also important to know where to find answers to your questions. As a manager, it is not always necessary to know the answer, but it is important to know how to get the answer. As a new manager, you must know what knowledge the various employees have and how that knowledge can best be used to the advantage of the company.

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