Your First 7 Days Managing Former Peers — Essentials

Prepare the conversations that cannot wait in your first week as manager. Walk into your first team meeting with a clear 20-minute plan, an adaptable opening and practical questions for your first 1:1s.

The Essentials Evidence-Led Edition includes a 24-page illustrated guide, a 14-page printable action workbook, a 13-page editable Word workbook and a one-page first-week checklist. Work through manager alignment, your first team meeting, a listening tour, relationship boundaries, visible fairness and a Day 7 operating brief.

Designed for newly promoted managers leading people who were recently their peers. Downloadable PDF and DOCX files; no physical book is shipped. Single-buyer workplace-use licence. No redistribution, resale, file sharing or team-wide use. Educational material, not legal or employment advice. Coaching and formal disciplinary guidance are not included.