Fundamental Onboarding Beliefs

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 [...]

Pivoting off Personal Onboarding Plans

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 [...]

Onboarding others does not work

Onboarding others does not work.  Fortunately, you can help them onboard. On the other hand, new employees can not onboard themselves by themselves.  Fortunately, they can make great strides in partnership with their managers. Onboarding well requires a partnership The point is that onboarding well requires a partnership.  No one can do it by themselves.  [...]

Contextual Onboarding

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.  [...]

The importance of message and communication points

One of the lessons we keep learning is the importance of driving an overriding message and three communication points.  It keeps coming back – for people onboarding into new roles, for people onboarding others into new roles, for people interviewing, being interviewed, selling, presenting, campaigning, or trying to persuade anyone to do anything. I had [...]