Turnaround 100-Day Planner
Choose your situation and get a three-phase plan, dated from your start day, with weekly checkpoints. Print it or save it as a PDF.
Why three phases
Crisis roles reward leaders who resist the urge to announce a plan in week one. Diagnosing first protects you from committing to the wrong priorities, and recording the position you inherited means you will be judged on progress rather than the starting point.
The plan combines actions that apply to almost every turnaround with actions specific to the situation you chose. Adapt it; it is a scaffold, not a script. The full reasoning is in The first 100 days of a turnaround role.
Questions
Can I edit the plan?
Print or save it as a PDF, then edit your copy. Your choices are remembered on this device.
Does this work for a role I already started?
Yes. Start from the phase you are in and use the earlier phases as a checklist of anything you skipped.
What if my situation is a mix of types?
Pick the dominant one, then run the planner again for the second and merge the lists.
Related guides
- The first 100 days of a turnaround leadership roleA three-phase plan for leaders who start in a crisis: diagnose, stabilise, commit.
- How to negotiate a turnaround role: the protections to ask forThe terms that separate a fair crisis appointment from a set-up, and how to ask for them.
- Is a crisis role a career accelerator? When to say yesCrisis roles can make careers as well as end them. A decision framework for the offer in front of you.