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 to deploy a complete, integrated, Total Onboarding Plan and deal with all these issues before they become issues.
Eleven Onboarding Issues
Alignment issues => Suggestions
#1) Solving the wrong problem
- Clarify the broader purpose
#2) Operating in isolation
- Align key stakeholders before starting recruiting.
Acquisition issues
#3) Recruiting sequentially
- Create a slate of candidates
#4) Separating buying and selling
- Pre-sell while buying
#5) Pyrrhic victories in closing the sale
- Make strategic sales
Accommodation issues
#6) Doing it to them
- Co-create Personal Onboarding Plans (POP)
#7) Neglecting the basics
- Accommodate new employees’ needs
Assimilation issues
#8) Surprising stakeholders
- Manage the announcement cascade
#9) Poor first impressions
- Manage day one
#10) Sink or swim approach
- Assimilate proactively
Acceleration issues
#11) Leaving them alone too soon
- Accelerate through the 1st 100 days and beyond
Note these are discussed in more detail in Onboarding – How To Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time
George Bradt – PrimeGenesis Executive Onboarding and Transition Acceleration
