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Tick the boxes to onboard well

October 4, 2010 By George Bradt Leave a Comment

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"Just ticking the boxes" is generally meant as an insult. It implies someone is going through the motions without thinking beyond the task. Sometimes that is exactly what is required. If everyone innovated every time they did something there would be no consistency. With consistency comes reliability. Some tasks need to be performed as designed [...]

Filed Under: Executive Onboarding Tagged With: accommodate, effective management, onboarding best practice

Gustavus Smith’s Onboarding

August 21, 2010 By George Bradt 1 Comment

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This is a true story of one of the worst onboarding cases in history as told by Wharton Professor Michael Useem. May 31, 1862. The Union forces were about to overrun the Confederate capital, Richmond. Confederate President Jeff Davis went out to the front to see what was going on for himself. There he found [...]

Filed Under: Leadership Skills Tagged With: accommodate, Gustavus Smith, onboarding

Fundamental Onboarding Beliefs

February 20, 2010 By George Bradt Leave a Comment

Purposeful integration is essential This is why it’s so important to get stakeholders aligned around the organization’s purpose, a Total Onboarding Program and recruiting brief before starting to recruit. Get a head start. Everything communicates This is why it’s so important to manage your messages during talent acquisition, pre-selling while buying and taking a strategic [...]

Filed Under: Transition Management Tagged With: accelerate, accommodate, acquisition, align, assimilate, better results faster, career management, communication, effective management, executive onboarding, first 100 days, head start, How to get your new employees up to speed in half the t, leadership, management, mentor, message, new boss, new hire, new job, new job preparation, new leader, new role, On-boarding, onboarding, PrimeGenesis, The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan, transition acceleration

Contextual Onboarding

February 2, 2010 By George Bradt 1 Comment

In many ways, all onboarding is contextual. It’s about acquiring, accommodating, assimilating and accelerating a new team member into the context of the organization. PrimeGenesis’ three core onboarding ideas must be considered in context. Get a head start Aligning the organization before starting recruiting defines the context of the role for the new team member. [...]

Filed Under: Transition Management Tagged With: accelerate, accommodate, assimilate, better results faster, communication, first 100 days, good leadership, great leadership, head start, high performing team, How to get your new employees up to speed in half the t, message, new hire, new job, new job preparation, new leader, new role, On-boarding, onboarding, PrimeGenesis, transition acceleration

Communication Blockages in Onboarding

February 1, 2010 By George Bradt Leave a Comment

I was in China last week where internet access to anything related to PrimeGenesis is completely blocked. Couldn't use PrimeGenesis email. Couldn't look at PrimeGenesis websites. And, as I'm sure, you all noticed, couldn't post anything on the PrimeGenesis blog. People joining almost any new organization face the same issue. Their communication is blocked – [...]

Filed Under: Transition Management Tagged With: accelerate, accommodate, acquisition, assimilate, better results faster, communication, executive onboarding, first 100 days, How to get your new employees up to speed in half the t, mentor, new boss, new hire, new job, new job preparation, new leader, new role, On-boarding, onboarding, The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan, transition acceleration