Our new book, Onboarding, ships from the publisher to stores this week. Very exciting – at least for us.
One Integrated Total Onboarding Program (TOP)
The core premise is that onboarding works better when all efforts point in the same direction, integrated into one Total Onboarding Program (TOP). Onboarding gets your new employees up to speed twice as fast as separate efforts to recruit, orient, and manage.
Target – Hiring Managers
Where our previous book, The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan, was written for leaders moving into new positions, Onboarding, was written for hiring managers. They are two sides of the same coin – different, but designed to work together.
Main ideas:
- Prepare for your new employee’s success before you start recruiting.
- Recruit in a way that reinforces your messages about the position and the organization.
- Give your new employee a big head start before day one.
- Enable and inspire your new employee to deliver better results faster.
Onboarding (Bradt & Vonnegut, Wiley, 2009) is available through our site and the usual places. Look forward to your comments.
