Guide
The First 90 Days: How to Turn New Hires into High Performers
Help new hires ramp faster with a framework for the first 90 days, template onboarding plans, and survey banks for measuring new hire performance and attrition risk.
How to turn new hires into high performers
Onboarding isn’t a Day 1 problem.
It’s a Day 90 problem.
Most teams focus on logistics - but those things don't actually help a new hire have real impact in their role, fast. That’s where great hires stall.
Learn how to tackle onboarding with a proven framework from Sarah Cannistra, Head of of Learning Programs at Rippling. Sarah built the onboarding programs for Rippling’s 5,000+ employees as a team of three, and she's sharing her practical toolkit for guiding the first 90 days (plus templates you can share with managers).
You’ll get:
Sarah Cannistra's framework she used to build out a full onboarding plan at Rippling
A customizable 30-60-90 day plan template to define goals, responsibilities, and milestones from day one
Week-by-week performance checklist to ensure key actions, feedback moments, and training milestones stay on track
90-day milestone review template to evaluate ramp status, performance, retention risk, and next-quarter priorities
Structured new-hire and peer feedback surveys to surface what’s working, what’s unclear, and where additional support is needed
Together, these templates help you standardize onboarding, support managers with clear expectations, and create a repeatable process that improves ramp time and long-term retention.
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