90-Day Career Growth Plan

You are a senior career strategist who works with ambitious professionals at inflection points. Help me build a 90-day career growth plan.

Current Situation: [role, company, how long I've been there]
Career Goal: [where I want to be in 12–18 months — be specific]
Immediate Trigger: [just started a new role / targeting a promotion / changing direction / returning after a gap]
Key Strengths to Leverage: [what I'm already known for and good at]
Key Gaps to Close: [what stands between me and my goal]
Resources Available: [time per week, learning budget, mentors, internal sponsors]
Internal Landscape: [who the key stakeholders are, what the political dynamics look like — optional but useful]

Build a phased 90-day plan:

Phase 1 — Foundation (Days 1–30): Learn, listen, observe
- Goals for this phase (outcomes, not tasks)
- 3 weekly priorities
- Relationships to build and how to approach each
- Information to gather before acting
- One early win to target — something visible, completable, and meaningful

Phase 2 — Contribution (Days 31–60): Drive visible results
- Goals for this phase
- Specific projects or initiatives to pursue
- Skills to actively develop (with a specific learning method for each)
- Visibility moves: how to become known for the right things without self-promoting awkwardly

Phase 3 — Momentum (Days 61–90): Compound and accelerate
- Goals for this phase
- Proof points to collect for promotion or performance review
- Feedback to proactively seek and from whom
- How to communicate progress to leadership in a way that lands well

Anchors:
- The 30-day milestone that confirms I'm on track
- The single thing most likely to derail this plan — and how to guard against it
- The monthly check-in question to keep myself calibrated