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Onboarding and Training

How a new hire ramps — the daily training window, best/worst call review, and the setter-to-closer volleyball. · tap to zoom & pan
Gives every new hire a fixed daily training path and a setter to closer ramp instead of learning by accident
WhoJason / David
WhenA new setter, cold caller, or acquisition rep joins the team, or someone ramps toward a new role
Time~30 min
THE ONE RULEprotect 30 to 60 minutes of training every single day, it does not get skipped for being busy

The steps · 13

Day one

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The sacred training window

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The setter-to-closer ramp

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The first real task

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ALWAYSshadow live calls and appointments before running any of them solo
ALWAYSreview one best call and one worst call every day with specific feedback
Why this matters

Give every new hire, setter, cold-caller, or acquisition rep, a fixed path to get sharp fast instead of learning by accident. This is the SOP that makes the whole system scalable: every other SOP is written to be new-hire followable, but onboarding is where a person actually learns to use them. The training window is protected every single day, not just in week one, and the fastest ramp comes from working live alongside someone who already knows the job, not from reading alone.

When to use this
  • A new setter, cold-caller, or acquisition rep joins the team.
  • Anyone already on the team is being ramped toward a new role, most often setter toward closer.
  • A refresher is needed after a slow stretch or a run of mistakes on calls or at the door.
Before you start
  • The new hire has read sop-kod-daily-rhythm so they know what a full day looks like before their first one.
  • The new hire has read sop-kod-kpi-review so they know what "on pace" means and aren't guessing at whether they're doing well.
  • A closer or senior rep is available to shadow and run live handoffs with, especially in the first two weeks.
  • Access to the dialer, disposition system, and GHL is set up before day one, not scrambled together on it.
How to know it worked
  • The new hire read sop-kod-daily-rhythm and sop-kod-kpi-review before their first live lead.
  • Every day includes a protected 30 to 60 minute training window that actually happened, not just was scheduled.
  • One best call and one worst call were reviewed daily, with specifics, not a general impression.
  • The new hire shadowed live calls and appointments before running any solo.
  • The new hire has picked and fixed one SOP, and that fix was reviewed by Jason or David.
  • The new hire can name their current stage on the setter-to-closer ramp and what has to happen before they move to the next one.
If it goes sideways
  • Training window keeps getting skipped because the day got busy. Protect it on purpose. A busy day is exactly when skipping the review does the most damage, because mistakes compound instead of getting caught.
  • New hire is stuck reviewing calls but not improving. Make the feedback more specific. Point to the exact sentence or moment, don't summarize the whole call as "good" or "needs work."
  • New hire wants to skip straight to closing. Don't let them. Setting reps build the phone comfort and objection handling that make closing possible; skipping the ramp shows up later as a blown sit-down.
  • New hire hasn't picked an SOP to fix. Assign one directly rather than leaving it open-ended. Any SOP with a rough or thin section works.
  • A new hire is running solo appointments too early. Pull them back to shadowing or closer-backed appointments until they can run the 5 Options in order without a prompt, per sop-kod-close-appointment.

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