A free template from people who think creating a policy and procedure manual should be:
<aside> ℹ️ Thanks for checking out Tango’s framework for a policy and procedure manual people will actually use. 🙃
These orange information blocks will explain how we made ours. Gray information boxes like the one below will give you a head start on making one of your own. Duplicate this doc to edit.
New to Notion? No worries. You can pick up enough to be dangerous here.
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<aside> 📍 Welcome to [Your Company]’s policy and procedure manual!
This internal resource will be the starting point for everything you need to know to [insert goal for every company hire].
Check out the four sections below to learn our what, why, how, when, and where. You’ll find historical context, guidelines, goals, expectations, best practices, step-by-step guides, institutional knowledge, answers to FAQs, and more.
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<aside> ℹ️ Pages in this section should cover what Google might not—and help new team members learn what you’re all about and why.
At Tango, we link out to our team, mission and values, vision, culture, strategy and goals, company history, and more.
Feel free to adapt the team and mission and values templates below, and add more pages that suit your needs.
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<aside> ℹ️ Pages in this section should answer FAQs about what it’s like to be a member of your organization.
At Tango, we link out to pages about employee benefits, learning and development, paid time off, expense guidelines and procedures, parental leave, and more.
Feel free to grab the employee benefits and learning and development templates below.
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<aside> ℹ️ Pages in this section should explain how your company likes to work—whether you’re in person all, some, or none of the time.
At Tango, we link out to our standardized onboarding checklist, communication norms, info about our off-sites, and more.
Feel free to snag our tool library template and rules of the road for Slack below, and add more pages that suit your needs.
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<aside> ℹ️ Pages in this section should be department-specific, and tailored to your functional teams.
At Tango, we link out to workspaces for each of our key teams (think Engineering, Product, and Design, etc.) team user manuals, training materials, step-by-step guides (made in seconds, obviously 🤩) and more.
Feel free to modify the department-specific and team user manuals below.
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[Add more pages here]