The Five O'Clock Club posted two videos of a 15 minute talk I gave to one of their breakfast meetings.
The main points are that the critical "onboarding" relationship is the transformational partnership between a new employee and his or her boss, started by the boss doing three things:
1) Getting a head start
2) Leveraging a set of consistent messages
3) Helping the new employee deliver
Get a Head start
“I would never let anyone start recruiting for any position until they had a complete Total Onboarding Plan for recruiting, hiring and accelerating their new employee’s progress that critical stakeholders were aligned behind.”
Leverage Messages
“People figure this stuff out, so pre-sell while recruiting to make sure the new job match is truly a win-win-win for all involved. Follow through by partnering with the person being offered a job do a real, thorough due diligence.”
Help the New Employee Deliver
Co-create a Personal Onboarding Plan (the new employee’s plan)
