Explore five ways to organize recurring work across a year. Each finished wheel uses a real YearOrbit template, with notes on its categories, activity windows and overlaps.
These are illustrative schedules you can adapt to your own calendar. The previews show 2027; opening an example uses the current year, which you can edit.
Example 01
HR Annual Wheel
People cycles, reviews, recruitment and learning.
For people teams coordinating recurring HR work across the year.
Finished HR Annual Wheel, 2027. Scroll sideways to inspect the wheel, or read the complete schedule below.
How to read this example
People & culture, Talent and HR operations separate employee feedback, development and operational work. Keeping those cycles in different lanes makes it easier to see where they overlap without combining them into one long list.
Performance reviews in January–February overlap salary review in February–March. Training occupies May–June, while recruitment planning sits in September–November. Holiday planning crosses November–February, showing why a year-end activity needs one continuous arc.
A clear rhythm for budgeting, close and reporting.
For finance teams coordinating planning, controls and reporting deadlines.
Finished Finance Annual Wheel, 2027. Scroll sideways to inspect the wheel, or read the complete schedule below.
How to read this example
Planning and Control distinguish forward-looking budget work from audit, close and tax activities. Reporting has its own lane because management reporting spans the whole year alongside those shorter windows.
The March–April forecast overlaps the February–March audit and April–May tax window. Budget work sits in September–November, and year-end close crosses December–January. These are illustrative planning windows, not statutory deadlines.
For marketing teams mapping campaigns, content and budget reviews.
Finished Marketing Annual Wheel, 2027. Scroll sideways to inspect the wheel, or read the complete schedule below.
How to read this example
Campaigns, Content and Planning separate campaign windows from ongoing editorial planning and budget work. The year-round content arc provides a useful contrast to the shorter campaign arcs.
Campaign planning in January–February precedes product launches in April–May. Seasonal campaigns run September–December, overlapping the October–November budget review. The wheel shows the broad rhythm; individual posts and launch tasks belong in a more detailed plan.
For school leaders and administrators planning the academic year.
Finished School Annual Wheel, 2027. Scroll sideways to inspect the wheel, or read the complete schedule below.
How to read this example
School terms, Families and Planning place long teaching periods beside shorter meetings and administrative work. The long term arcs give the viewer a frame of reference for the smaller events.
Spring term runs January–June and autumn term August–December. Parent meetings fall in February–March, assessments in May–June, and planning days in August. The June–August holiday arc shares boundary months with both terms: month-level planning does not imply that school and holidays occupy the same days.
For boards and management teams aligning governance and strategy work.
Finished Board / Management Wheel, 2027. Scroll sideways to inspect the wheel, or read the complete schedule below.
How to read this example
Governance, Strategy and Reporting keep oversight, direction-setting and reporting work in separate lanes. The January–December board-meetings arc marks an ongoing cycle; it does not specify individual meeting dates.
Risk review sits in March–April, strategy work in May–July, and budget work in September–November. The annual report spans November–February, keeping its cross-year work visible alongside the ongoing governance cycle.
Finance separates Planning, Control and Reporting. Choose categories that help your reader distinguish kinds of work, then keep activity names short and specific.
Show windows, not every task
The school example puts long terms beside short planning events. An arc describes a month or range of months, leaving individual dates and tasks to a detailed calendar.
Read overlaps in context
A year-round activity may describe ongoing work, as in the marketing example. A quieter part of the wheel means fewer activities are shown, not necessarily less work.