Overview of the course
The initial 30 days are crucial for laying the groundwork for a successful partnership. The First 30 Days Onboarding course is a valuable resource to guide you through this period, ensuring a positive first impression, building trust, and establishing a solid foundation for future success.
This course focuses on three core pillars that are vital to a successful first 30 days:
Proactivity
Being proactive from day one is key to building trust and setting a solid foundation for your working relationship. It's all about anticipating needs and quickly adapting to your executive's preferences.
This approach not only showcases your value as a strategic partner but also allows your executive to focus on high-level tasks, confident that you've got the day-to-day operations under control.
Trust
When an executive deeply trusts their EA, it transforms their work relationship into a
powerful partnership.
When trust is established, EAs can work independently, make confident decisions, handle sensitive information well, and speak for their executive effectively. This creates space for both the executive and EA to focus on strategic priorities.
Communication
Establishing clear communication
is essential for a fruitful
working relationship.
Maintain a calm presence, actively listen, and use affirming language to demonstrate understanding. When addressing concerns, present specific solutions to showcase problem-solving abilities and adaptability.
The First 30 Days Onboarding Plan
- The Kick-off Call Agenda: Creating the Executive Blueprint & the 30-Day Action Plan
- Kick-off call: Incorporating the Executive Blueprint & the 30-Day Action Plan
- Kick-off call: The key objectives (15:35)
- Kick-off call: What do I do?
- Kick-off call: Post-Call
- Trust: An introduction
- Communication: An introduction
- Proactivity: An introduction
- Week 2: An introduction
- Trust: Being trustworthy and confident (11:09)
- VIDEO: Trust during transitions (4:58)
- Proactivity: Tips for showing your proactivity and managing-up (18:40)
- Proactivity: Daily, weekly, and monthly tasks
- Proactivity: 1:1 Agenda items
- Communication: Different executive personality types
- VIDEO: An EA and executive discuss the beginning of their relationship (40:21)
- Week 4: An introduction
- Trust: Self-reflection exercises
- Trust during transitions: Encourage feedback and open dialogue
- Proactivity: Questions for self-reflection
- Creating the Summary of Accomplishments
- Looking Ahead: 60-Day and 90-Day Action Plans (optional)
- BONUS: Use AI to capture your executive's voice