Printable Checklists ✅
🗓️ Before every meeting
- I know what “success” looks like for this meeting
- I’ve sent a pre-read (if I called it)
- I have my artifact / doc / demo ready
- I know who’s attending and why
📝 After every meeting
- Notes written up within 24h
- Action items have owners + due dates
- Summary sent to attendees
- Follow-ups added to my task list
📆 Every day
- Top 3 priorities identified
- 3-sentence progress log written
- Inbox / DMs checked and replied to
- End-of-day “starting/finishing” post in team channel (if remote)
📆 Every week
- End-of-week update sent to manager
- 1:1 prepped (2–3 talking points)
- Wins captured in a running doc (for future reviews / CV)
- At least 1 coffee chat or relationship-building conversation
📆 Every 2–3 weeks
- Asked for feedback on a specific piece of work
- Reviewed my wins doc (imposter syndrome antidote)
- Checked I’m on track for the goals set in my first-month convo
🎯 Before calling any task “done”
- Output exists
- Someone else could pick it up from my notes
- Limitations & assumptions documented
- Risks noted (privacy / security / ethics)
- Next steps suggested
🎁 Final 2 weeks of internship
- Handover doc drafted and shared
- Return offer conversation had
- LinkedIn recommendation requested
- Reference permission asked
- Thank-you message sent
- Personal contacts collected
- Wins doc / CV updated