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Onboarding Done Better
Read Dave Smith’s article on how you behave and relate to new people are all both communicating the culture, modeling the culture, and forming the culture.
Read Lou Dubois’ article in Inc. on “How to Set Goals For New Employees“. Has some good ideas in it about the importance of different types of goals and about aligning goals.
Read Lou Dubois’ article in Inc. on “How to Make an Employee’s First 90 Days Successful“. Has some good ideas in it. (Note he misquoted me on the 40% failure rate. It’s at 18 months, not 8 and is based on a study by Heidrick & Struggles of 20,000 searches.)