Manager Transition & New Boss Onboarding Feedback Form

When teams experience manager transitions, the adjustment period can significantly impact employee engagement, productivity, and morale. This Manager Transition & New Boss Onboarding Feedback Form helps HR professionals and new managers understand team dynamics, individual working preferences, and expectations during this critical period.

Whether you're onboarding a new manager, promoting from within, or restructuring teams, gathering structured feedback early helps build strong manager-employee relationships from day one. This template covers leadership style preferences, communication expectations, current challenges, and relationship-building opportunities.

Why use Paperform for manager transition feedback?

Paperform's conditional logic lets you tailor questions based on responses—for example, asking different follow-ups depending on whether someone prefers autonomous or collaborative working styles. The professional, on-brand design helps create a safe, approachable space for honest feedback during what can be an anxious time.

Once responses come in, use AI Insights to quickly identify common themes across your team—like communication preferences, concerns about change, or suggestions for early wins. You can also trigger Stepper workflows to automatically route feedback summaries to the new manager, schedule follow-up check-ins, or update HR systems with transition milestones.

This template is ideal for HR managers, people operations teams, organizational development professionals, and new managers who want to start strong and build trust quickly. It transforms what's often an overlooked transition into a strategic opportunity for alignment and engagement.