The employee handover checklist: 27 steps
Review work, context and access together. Includes an editable spreadsheet and an AI handover guide.
Open the checklistPractical checklists and guides for departing employees and team leads. Prepare the work, context and next steps together.
Review work, context and access together. Includes an editable spreadsheet and an AI handover guide.
Open the checklistOffboarding manages an employee’s departure. Handover makes their work possible for the next person. A useful departure plan connects both, with clear owners and acceptance checks.
Read the guideReview the next action, owner, decision context, usable source and recipient access for each critical task. A large folder is less useful than a small handover the next person can actually use.
Read the guidePrepare a reviewed package of reusable prompts, instructions, selected conversations, source links and a worked example. Treat an account export as material to inspect, not proof that another AI has inherited the same memory.
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