The first weeks.
WHAT TO DO FIRST
Understand what the role exists to achieve.
WHAT TO ASK
What success looks like, at three months and at a year What the priorities are Who you need to know How things are actually done here
THAT LAST ONE
Every organisation has practices not written anywhere.
WHAT TO DO EARLY
Listen more than you speak Ask questions while being new is a reason to Write down what you learn
WHY ASK EARLY
The window for asking basic questions closes.
WHAT TO AVOID
Proposing changes before understanding why things are as they are Comparing everything to a previous employer
WHAT TO DELIVER EARLY
Something visible and useful, however small.
WHY
It establishes that you contribute.
WHAT TO ESTABLISH
How your manager wants to be updated, and how often.
WHAT TO RECORD
Your own achievements, as they occur.
WHY
You will be asked, and you will not remember.
WHAT TO BE PATIENT WITH
Yourself. Competence in a new context takes months.
