Step into leadership with confidence and guaranteed success.
The New Leader's 90 Day Playbook
Turn your first 90 days into a launchpad instead of a trial by fire. A step-by-step, proven framework to establish authority, align your team, and deliver visible wins without burning out.
- Week-by-week action plans for your first 90 days
- Scripts for high-stakes conversations with executives & teams
- Plug-and-play templates for alignment, feedback, and reporting
Trusted by new managers and senior leaders at fast-growing tech companies, consulting firms, and global enterprises.
Why This Playbook Now
Your first 90 days will define your next 3 years
Most new leaders are thrown into the deep end with vague expectations and political career landmines. This playbook gives you a clear, confident roadmap so you can lead with intention instead of reacting to every fire.
Land early wins
Identify the 2–3 high-leverage moves that prove your value fast without overcommitting or burning out your team.
Earn deep trust
Use proven scripts to run 1:1s, team meetings, and stakeholder interviews that surface the truth and build credibility fast.
Avoid unforced errors
Spot the hidden political, cultural, and operational traps that quietly derail promising leaders in months 1–3.
What's Inside
A complete operating system for your first 90 days
You get more than theory. Every chapter includes actionable templates, conversation scripts, and checklists you can put to work immediately.
- A week-by-week 90-day roadmap with focus themes and milestones
- Stakeholder interview guides and executive briefing templates
- Team charter, operating principles, and meeting cadence templates
- Feedback frameworks and performance conversation scripts
- Risk radar to surface hidden issues before they explode
Bonus: Access to a private implementation checklist you can import into your task manager.
Your 90-day arc at a glance
Days 1–30: Listen & Map Diagnose the landscape, understand power dynamics, and clarify expectations.
Days 31–60: Align & Design Co-create a clear plan with your team and stakeholders.
Days 61–90: Execute & Elevate
Ship meaningful wins and lock in your leadership brand.
"If I'd had this in my first director role, it would have saved me six months of stress and second-guessing."
— Coaching client, VP Product at a Series C SaaS company
Who It's For
Designed for ambitious professionals
stepping into bigger roles
Whether you're leading a team of 3 or a division of 300, the principles are the same; the scale just changes.
New people managers
You've just been promoted and want to lead like a pro from day one, not figure it out the hard way.
Experienced leaders in a new org
You're inheriting a new team, business line, or geography and need to ramp up quickly and diplomatically.
Coaches & consultants
You support leaders in transition and want a structured framework to plug into your engagements.
Meet the Author
I've coached hundreds of leaders through their first 90 days
Julius Richardson is a leadership coach with 15+ years of experience guiding teams at fast‑growing startups and global scaling companies. He helps new leaders turn ambiguity into early, measurable wins.
Julius has coached hundreds of managers and executives, producing clear improvements in team performance, confidence, and retention. His clients include leaders from Fortune 500 companies and well‑funded startups.
The New Leader's 90‑Day Playbook distills Julius's hands‑on framework for landing early wins, earning trust, and avoiding common transition mistakes, the exact system he uses in coaching and workshops.
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Invest a few hours now to save months of trial and error
One playbook, lifetime access. Use it for this transition and every one that follows.
Questions, answered
Is the 90-Day Playbook right for you?
If you're taking your next step seriously and you want a structured, practical, no-fluff guide, this playbook was built for you.
How will I receive the playbook after I purchase?
You'll get an email within a few minutes with a secure download link. You'll receive the main PDF, plus links to duplicate the implementation checklists into Notion or your preferred spreadsheet tool.
How much time does it take to work through?
Most leaders skim the full playbook in 1–2 evenings, then use the weekly sections as a just-in-time reference throughout their first 90 days. You can get value even if you only implement the roadmap and the stakeholder interview guides.
Is this useful if I'm already a senior leader?
Yes. The core frameworks are designed for managers, directors, VPs, and above. Senior leaders usually move faster through the fundamentals and focus on the stakeholder, strategy, and communication sections.
What if I'm not changing roles right now?
You can absolutely use the playbook to reset a current role, especially if you've recently taken on a new scope. Many leaders also use it to prepare for upcoming promotions or internal moves.
Make your first 90 days your strongest yet
Walk into your next one-on-one, team meeting, and executive review with a clear plan and the tools to back it up.
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