The importance of comprehensive onboarding

The new year is a great excuse to think about new beginnings.  We all know the importance of thinking far in advance as we prepare for new opportunities.  Why then don’t more people take a more comprehensive approach to onboarding?  Probably because it is not something they do every day; and because it is hard [...]

Hot Landings: onboarding into trouble

Getting a head start, taking control of the message and building or transforming the team are important in any new job situation. They are that much more important when a new leader is making a hot landing – coming into a particularly tricky situation as the results of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, turnaround or opportunity [...]