HR planners · Q1 2027 · January to March
Quarterly hardcover planners for the people who take care of everyone. Plan the work, record it, and prove it, one quarter at a time.
Covered the 1:1 nobody wanted.
She stayed.
Why this exists
The resignation that didn’t happen. The manager coached at 9 p.m. The team that held together in the restructure. Then the business asks HR to prove its value with dashboards that can’t see any of it.
Every weekly review in the planner ends with one printed box: Unseen Work This Week. Write it down on Friday. Show it in March.
What’s inside
January is Foundation. Every month has its theme, every day has one people move, and every week ends with the box for the work no KPI shows.
One conversation that matters more than the inbox. Written down before 9:00 a.m.
A printed box in every weekly review. The quiet interventions, kept on record.
One person to check in with today, so the relationships don’t wait for a crisis.
Scored honestly every evening. Thirteen weeks of it tell you something.
The plan the CEO asked for, on one spread, before the quarter starts.
The quarter’s people update, laid out for the CEO and the board.
Inside a day
Before the inbox. One person, one move.
Three. Not thirty.
One relationship looked after on purpose.
The honest number at the end of the day.
What you decided, and why. Your future self will ask.
Two editions, one rhythm
For HR directors and heads of people
HR directors, heads of HR, VPs of People and CHROs. HRD stands for HR director.
For every person on the HR team
HR managers, generalists, HRBPs, recruiters and people ops teams.
Hardcover · 6 x 9 in · 174 pages · Q1 2027. Sold on Amazon.
The quarter at a glance
January
Set the people year: the canvas, the plan, the first 1:1s.
February
Hiring, onboarding, and the forty-seven packets.
March
Growth plans, reviews, and the quarter close.
Every day
#1 People Move, three priorities, Stakeholder Touch, Energy.
Every Friday
Weekly review and the Unseen Work box (the yellow dots).
Every month
A theme and a page on what the month feels like.
For people teams
One quarterly rhythm for the whole function. The leader plans in the HRD edition; every person on the team gets an HR edition.
The plan, the canvas, the decisions.
Same weeks, same Friday box.
Order by mid-December so it’s on the desk on day one.
The people who carry it
“This planner is a strategic operating system for the person who takes care of everyone. It is not a to-do list or a task tracker.”
From page 3 of the planner, How to Use
Questions
Thirteen weeks is long enough to change something and short enough to start again without guilt. Each quarter has its own themes.
It’s for whoever owns the people plan: HRD, head of people, CHRO or a founder doing the job. The HR edition is for everyone on the team.
The HRD Planner suits the person who leads HR. The HR Planner suits the people who run it day to day. Both cover January to March 2027.
No. It’s a hardcover you write in by hand. That’s the point of the Friday box.
Q1 starts January 1. Order by mid-December so the planner is on the desk on day one. Check the delivery date Amazon shows before you buy.
Try it this Friday
The weekly box from the planner as a one-page sheet. Five minutes on Friday: up to five lines, roles not names, and one line worth saying out loud.
Get the LogUS Letter and A4. Print it every week.
Smart Katana Publishing Group
SKPG makes quarterly planners for the people who carry the work. HR is the first line of 2027. Planners for CEOs, founders and the C-suite follow. Every buyer is a partner.
# SKPG · Smart Katana Publishing Group > Quarterly hardcover planners for the people who run HR. Make the unseen work seen. Quarterly hardcover planners for the people who take care of everyone. Plan the work, record it, and prove it, one quarter at a time. ## Planners on sale now (Q1 2027, January to March) ### HRD Planner 2027 · Q1 - For: HR directors, heads of HR, VPs of People and CHROs. HRD stands for HR director. - Format: Matte hardcover, 6 x 9 inches, 174 pages, color interior on white paper. - Inside: Strategic prompts for the exec table; People Strategy Canvas and Metrics That Matter; Decision journal on every day; Unseen Work This Week, every Friday. - Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HQ4H2S7X (ASIN B0HQ4H2S7X) ### HR Planner 2027 · Q1 - For: HR managers, generalists, HRBPs, recruiters and people ops teams. - Format: Matte hardcover, 6 x 9 inches, 174 pages, color interior on white paper. - Inside: Practical prompts for the day-to-day; The same quarterly rhythm as the leader; Three priorities and a Stakeholder Touch daily; Unseen Work This Week, every Friday. - Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HQ1KY1ZV (ASIN B0HQ1KY1ZV) ## Why it exists HR’s most valuable work can’t be seen. It’s confidential. The resignation that didn’t happen. The manager coached at 9 p.m. The team that held together in the restructure. Then the business asks HR to prove its value with dashboards that can’t see any of it. Every weekly review in the planner ends with one printed box: Unseen Work This Week. Write it down on Friday. Show it in March. ## One page, five decisions about people (every weekday) 1. Today’s #1 People Move. Before the inbox. One person, one move. 2. Three strategic priorities. Three. Not thirty. 3. Stakeholder Touch. One relationship looked after on purpose. 4. Energy, 1 to 10. The honest number at the end of the day. 5. Decision journal. What you decided, and why. Your future self will ask. Every Friday: a weekly review that ends with the printed box "Unseen Work This Week". ## What else is inside - Today’s #1 People Move: One conversation that matters more than the inbox. Written down before 9:00 a.m. - Unseen Work This Week: A printed box in every weekly review. The quiet interventions, kept on record. - Stakeholder Touch: One person to check in with today, so the relationships don’t wait for a crisis. - Energy, 1 to 10: Scored honestly every evening. Thirteen weeks of it tell you something. - People Strategy Canvas: The plan the CEO asked for, on one spread, before the quarter starts. - People report template: The quarter’s people update, laid out for the CEO and the board. ## The quarter - January, Foundation: Set the people year: the canvas, the plan, the first 1:1s. - February, Pipeline: Hiring, onboarding, and the forty-seven packets. - March, Development: Growth plans, reviews, and the quarter close. ## How to choose - Leads the function (HR director, head of people, VP of People, CHRO): HRD Planner. - Runs HR day to day (HR manager, generalist, HRBP, recruiter, people ops): HR Planner. - Equipping a team: one HRD Planner for the leader and one HR Planner for each person. A team of five usually means 1 HRD + 4 HR. - One book per quarter. Q1 starts January 1; order by mid-December. ## Questions **Why quarterly, not a full year?** Thirteen weeks is long enough to change something and short enough to start again without guilt. Each quarter has its own themes. **Is the HRD edition only for HR directors?** It’s for whoever owns the people plan: HRD, head of people, CHRO or a founder doing the job. The HR edition is for everyone on the team. **Buying it for someone in HR?** The HRD Planner suits the person who leads HR. The HR Planner suits the people who run it day to day. Both cover January to March 2027. **Is there a digital version?** No. It’s a hardcover you write in by hand. That’s the point of the Friday box. **When should I order for January?** Q1 starts January 1. Order by mid-December so the planner is on the desk on day one. Check the delivery date Amazon shows before you buy. ## From the planner "This planner is a strategic operating system for the person who takes care of everyone. It is not a to-do list or a task tracker." (From page 3 of the planner, How to Use) ## About SKPG SKPG makes quarterly planners for the people who carry the work. HR is the first line of 2027. Planners for CEOs, founders and the C-suite follow. Every buyer is a partner. ## More pages - Owner's kit (the code on the last page of each book): https://smartkatana.com/owner/ - The Unseen Work Log, a printable Friday sheet: https://smartkatana.com/log/ - Ordering for an HR team: https://smartkatana.com/team/ - Privacy: https://smartkatana.com/privacy/ - Summary for language models: https://smartkatana.com/llms.txt
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