People and Culture First 90 Days: Role Map, Priorities and a Weekly Plan

Problem: You were handed people work, or hired as the first People lead, and you cannot tell HR work from People and Culture work or what to do first.

What you get:

• Role map of HR and People and Culture work in plain words
• Stage guide for who handles people work as you grow (one vendor’s view, labeled)
• 13-week plan with a focus and a “done when” test each week
• 6 starter measures with a worked example
• Spreadsheet tracker with status, progress bar, measures and calculators

Who it is for: founders handed people work, first People or HR hires, and operations leads who own people tasks.

What it is not: not legal advice, not a compliance audit, and not a benchmark report. The measures have no industry benchmarks on purpose.

Formats: PDF (letter size, print-safe) and XLSX (Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers).

Requirements: none beyond a PDF reader and a spreadsheet app.

Digital products: no refunds once downloaded. A corrupted, incomplete or not-as-described file reported within 14 days of purchase is replaced or refunded in full. Refunds return to your original payment method within ten business days.

Template and reference. Not legal advice. Prepared by McKinley Malbrough III, J.D., who is not a licensed attorney.

These are general HR tools, not legal advice. For a situation with legal stakes, talk with an employment attorney.