Connector Email Template and Sample
Use this email template and sample to reach out to “connectors” who can help you scout for great talent.
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Manager Expectations Sample
Whether you’re a senior leader or a middle manager, you can use this tool to get aligned with your team about management expectations and responsibilities.
Performance Evaluation Process Sample Email
This is a sample email that the head of HR, Chief of Staff, or ED/CEO can send to all staff to announce (or even re-introduce) a performance evaluation process.
Onboarding Planning Toolkit
This resource is intended to help managers plan out your onboarding process by thinking through the key topics you should cover in the first month with your new hire.
Career Pathways Toolkit
This toolkit includes a step-by-step guide for building a “competency model” with equity in mind, and two examples to help get you started.
Identifying Choice Points: The “Bias Check”
By using choice points to focus on equity and inclusion, this template provides you the opportunity to reflect on interactions with team members (direct reports and colleagues). Doing this with an eye towards your whole team—rather than on a case-by-case basis—can help you spot disparities and check for bias.
Use Choice Points: Case Studies
Check out these examples of how key decision-making opportunities, known as “choice points,” can be used to advance racial equity and inclusion.
Receiving Feedback: Case Study
A case study that illustrates the steps outlined in Part 2 of our series on receiving feedback: Listen, Engage, Learn.
90-Day Discussion Template
This template will help you lead a productive discussion with your new hire about their first 90 days on the job.
Onboarding Checklist
This resource contains a (non-comprehensive) list of common and recommended tasks for managers to consider as part of your new hire onboarding process. Use it to get started on your own.