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 [...]
Communication Blockages in Onboarding
February 1, 2010 By 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 – [...]
Onboarding the Bus-Move on People with All Due Speed
January 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Few question the wisdom of Jim Collins’ prescription to “get the right people on the bus, the right people in the right seats, and the wrong people off the bus.” (Good to Great, Harper Business, 2001). The debate is about timing and emphasis in moving on the people. Almost every experienced CEO that has addressed the [...]
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 [...]