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 – [...]
Poor Hand-Offs: The Overriding Onboarding Issue
January 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Over the past several weeks, we’ve laid out 11 onboarding issues with 11 suggestions for how to deal with them. (They are recapped below.) The overriding issue The overriding issue is that dealing with each of these 11 issues is not good enough without dealing with poor hand-offs between players. The suggestion Our suggestion is [...]
Onboarding Preparedness – The Difference between Harvard and Yale
November 16, 2009 By 1 Comment
November 23, 1968. Last minute of The Game. Harvard just scored to draw within 8 points of Yale, 21-29. Everybody in the stadium knows Harvard is going to try an on-side kick. But Yale lines up as if to field a normal kick-off. Turns out they had neither planned nor practiced an on-side kick return [...]
PrimeGenesis Onboarding Prep Workshops Can Now Be Self-Managed Online At NewJobPrep.com
March 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Prepare to Succeed in Your New Job or Role The best time to prepare to succeed in a new job or role is after you accept and before you start. NewJobPrep.com guides you through the best course of action from job acceptance through day one, including preparation of a personal 100-Day Action. Plan. Based on [...]
From “You and Me” to “We”
December 29, 2008 By 1 Comment
The Harvard Business Review dedicated its entire January, 2009 issue to “Transforming Leaders”, One takeaway from the issue as a whole is the need to move well from “you and me” to “we”. Of course transitioning leaders must pick the right strategy across Start-ups, Turnarounds, Accelerated Growth, Realignment or Sustaining Success (Watkins). Of course CEO [...]