Category: Executive Onboarding
Duck a la Onboarding
We all know how ducks look calm on the surface while paddling like mad underneath the water. That is exactly the approach you should take to onboarding - and perhaps…
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The Only 3 Interview Questions
Any question you've ever asked in any interview or been asked in any interview is a subset of one of three questions getting at strengths, motivation and fit. 1. Can…
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Rock-solid, crystal-clear onboarding process we never follow
We pride ourselves on having a rock-solid, crystal-clear onboarding process that we never follow. Do you know the old adage about learning the rules before you break them? Well we…
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"Speak only if you can improve upon the silence."
In a world in which we're all attacked by an ever-growing cacophony of sights, sounds, smells, beeps, creeps and sleep-depriving tweets, silence is increasingly golden. (Of course, this is from…
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Influence vs. Control when Onboarding
As we're working through the upcoming 3rd edition of The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan, we're challenging ourselves on what new leaders control vs influence. New leaders should take control…
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Culture and Character: Intersecting Pieces of the Onboarding Puzzle
An organization's culture is the sum total of the characters of the individuals in the organization. The addition of any single individual impacts the culture and the culture impacts the…
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Onboarding the New CEO
John Pepper and Durk Jager were each lifetime Procter & Gamble employees when they became CEO. Why then did John go on to be one of P&G's best loved, most…
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Onboarding is a confidence game
Our firm runs confidence games. The business result we deliver is helping new leaders and their teams deliver Better Results Faster. The personal win we deliver is a reduced risk…
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Make the Patriot Way Your Way of Onboarding
In the past decade or so, if one team emerges from the pack in the NFL at this time of year, it tends to be the New England Patriots. There's…
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