## Your First 100 Days The first few months are overwhelming for every officer. Here's a rough guide to help you prioritise. Don't treat this as a rigid checklist - treat it as a compass. ### Month 1: Listen and Learn - Complete your induction and trustee training - Meet the staff team - understand what each [[Salford SU Departments|department]] does and who leads it - Meet the [[Senior Leadership Team|SLT]] individually. Ask them what's going well and what isn't - Read the [[Salford SU Strategy]] and understand the loneliness BHAG ([[Why is Loneliness the focus of our BHAG?]]) - Start attending [[University of Salford Committees|university committee meetings]]. Observe first - understand the dynamics - Meet the key university contacts: your link PVC, the student experience team, registry - Get your diary set up properly. Block out [[Reflection]] time weekly ### Month 2: Understand and Plan - Review last year's officer objectives and handover notes - Set your own objectives for the year - ideally just one or two big ones (see [[SMART objectives]]) - Understand the budget and what resources you have access to ([[Salford SU Finances]]) - Start building your relationship with the University - attend events, be visible - Work with staff to understand what's already in the pipeline - Have your first proper team meeting as an officer group - discuss priorities together ### Month 3: Act and Communicate - Launch or progress your first campaign or initiative - Communicate to students what you're working on and why - Attend your first [[Salford SU Trustees|Board of Trustees]] meeting as a full participant - Start your first project - break it into manageable stages - Reflect: what's working? What do you need more support with? Talk to the CEO ### Key Principle > [!tip] > "Do less with more energy." Former officers consistently say this is the most important lesson they learned. Pick one or two things and do them brilliantly, rather than spreading yourself across everything. Focus is a superpower. See also: [[Source - If I Could Turn Back Time - Reflections From Former SU Officers Wonkhe by Eve Alcock]]