Start conversations that make you look thoughtful, even while panicking. A template for deep onboarding through structured conversations.

First impressions last. If you listen well now, you avoid six months of guesswork later.

This page provides a structured set of 1:1 prompts to harvest context, pain points and bright spots.

How to do it

• In the database views below, set Filter → Date → before → 30 days after your start date, to show your first 30 days.
• Book short 1:1s with key people in weeks 1 to 4. Use the New Listening 1:1 template below and follow the prompts within.
• Share a short summary back to check you heard them.
• Review the Themes below.

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Themes

Adding data for 1:1s in your first 30 days will populate this

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Analysis

Final stage is using the Themes above, identify top strengths, top frictions, quick wins you can actually deliver, and landmines to avoid.

• Top strengths (what the team’s already great at)
  • [add strengths here]
• Top frictions (recurring pain points)
  • [add pain points here]
• Quick wins (things you can actually fix soon)
  • [add wins here]