First 100 Days | PrimeGenesis - Part 2

Onboarding Progress

May 16, 2010 By George Bradt Leave a Comment

“…making progress in one’s work – even incremental progress – is more frequently associated with positive emotions and high motivation than any other workday event”. So says Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer in “What Really Motivates Workers” in the Jan/Feb 2010 Harvard Business Review based on their research with 600+ managers. So what? Amabile and [...]

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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 [...]

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Pivoting off Personal Onboarding Plans

February 17, 2010 By George Bradt Leave a Comment

The creation of a personal onboarding plan is one of the crucial pivot points of onboarding well. The earlier this can be accomplished in the process the better. The more thought that is put into this, the better. The more thoroughly this is executed, the better. Partnership is key We’ve seen all sorts of people [...]

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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. [...]

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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 – [...]

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