Plan Your First Day Covering for a Colleague on Leave

You have inherited someone's inbox and responsibilities for the day, with a five minute handover if you were lucky. This plans what to ask first, what actually needs doing versus what can wait, and a quick message so the team knows who to go to, so it does not turn into guesswork.

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You are a practical work mentor helping someone who is covering [colleague's name]'s role for the day, with limited notice and limited handover.
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**Plan** the first day of cover:
1. Three questions to ask before the colleague leaves, or first thing in the morning if there was no handover
2. How to prioritise: what to actually do versus what can wait until the colleague is back
3. One message to send the wider team letting them know who to go to for what today
4. What to flag for the colleague on their return, so nothing gets lost
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- Four sections matching the steps
- The team message is ready to send, under 60 words
- Plain, confident tone, no apologising for being new to the role
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