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24 results in Template for "founder mode"
- Template· Startup · DocDoc
Founder's People Operating System (0–50 employees)
The minimum people infrastructure for each headcount stage. What to install now, what to install at the next inflection, what to wait on.
- Template· HR · DocDoc
People Analytics Dashboard Spec
The 12 metrics every CEO and HR lead should see monthly. Leading indicators, not vanity metrics.
- Template· Hiring · EmailEmail
Candidate Rejection Email Pack
Three variants — early funnel, post-interview, finalist. Respectful, specific where legal, fast. Highest-leverage employer-brand move you'll…
- Template· HR · DocDoc
Termination Letter — With-Cause & Without-Cause
Two variants, both written by people who've fired more than they wanted to. Respectful, legally tight, kind but not vague.
- Template· Management · DocDoc
Skip-Level Meeting Template
Quarterly 30-min skip-level with each report's reports. Surfaces things their manager will never tell you.
- Template· Management · DocDoc
Meeting Template (with DACI)
Agenda, decision log, action items, named decider. Use for any meeting >15 min. Cuts meeting count ~20% because no one calls a meeting they…
- Template· Leadership · DocDoc
Manager Handbook Outline
What every new manager needs in writing on day one. The unwritten rules are the most expensive ones — write them down.
- Template· Leadership · FrameworkFramework
SBI-I Feedback Script
…ivered within 24 hours, in private. The model that doesn't require you to be Kim Scott to use it.
- Template· Leadership · DocDoc
Values & Rituals One-Pager
Values without behaviors are slogans. Pair each value with: what it means, what it doesn't, one ritual that proves it, one decision it chang…
- Template· Startup · ScorecardScorecard
Headcount Plan (12-Month Rolling)
The single spreadsheet that connects revenue plan to hiring plan to comp budget. Excel-native — download and drop in.
- Template· Leadership · FrameworkFramework
Quarterly Business Review — People (QBR)
What the People function presents to the exec team every quarter. 5 slides, 30 minutes, decisions out the door.
- Template· Hiring · ScorecardScorecard
Structured Interview Scorecard
A role-specific rubric signed off before the JD goes live. Forces evidence over vibes — the single biggest predictor of hiring quality (Schm…
- Template· Hiring · DocDoc
Hiring Debrief Agenda (30 min)
Independent scores before discussion, evidence-mapped, decision in the room. Kills the 'culture fit' veto and the 'we'll think about it' del…
- Template· Hiring · DocDoc
Offer Letter & Verbal Offer Script
The verbal offer is where 80% of accepts are won. The written letter is the legal artifact. Both, with negotiation defaults.
- Template· Hiring · DocDoc
Reference Check Script
Six questions that surface actual performance and risk. Most checks are useless because they're done by the candidate's friends.
- Template· Management · DocDoc
30-60-90 Day Plan (outcome-based)
A new-hire ramp plan written as outcomes, not tasks. Co-authored in week one. Predicts retention better than any onboarding survey (Watkins)…
- Template· HR · DocDoc
Performance Review (Self + Manager + Peer)
Triangulated review with calibration prompts. Replaces 'recency bias × manager mood' with a structured artifact you can defend in any room.
- Template· HR · DocDoc
Compensation Bands (with formula + geo strategy)
Levels × locations × base/equity/bonus. The minimum infrastructure to stop one-off negotiations and to defend pay equity audits.
- Template· Startup · DocDoc
HR Policy Starter Pack (by-25 employees)
The 6 policies every startup needs by 25 people. Lightweight, defensible, human. Pair each with the question it's actually answering.
- Template· HR · DocDoc
Remote / Hybrid Work Agreement
The conversation most companies didn't have in 2020 and are paying for now. Make expectations explicit per role, per team, per person.
- Template· Hiring · DocDoc
Structured Job Description (Bias-Checked)
A JD written for the candidate, not the org chart. Forces outcome clarity, strips bias language, and doubles qualified-applicant rate.
- Template· HR · DocDoc
Promotion & Salary-Increase Letter
Two letters in one: the promotion announcement (level + scope change) and the merit-only raise letter. Specific, on-brand, defensible.
- Template· Hiring · DocDoc
Internship Offer & Full-Time Conversion Letter
The talent pipeline most companies under-invest in. Two letters — internship offer + the conversion offer at end of program.
- Template· Hiring · DocDoc
Equity Grant Explainer (Candidate 1-Pager)
The single page every candidate Googles after a startup offer. Write it once, send it with every offer, save 4 hours of phone calls per hire…