Tag: communication
What does Walt want?
Well into the 1980s, decisions at The Walt Disney Company were driven by what people thought Walt wanted. I used to think the company was living in the past and…
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Simon Sinek on How Great Leaders Inspire Action
I was struck by Simon Sinek's TED video on How Great Leaders Inspire Action. (Those of you who are not familiar with the TED videos should stop reading right now…
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Phrasing Onboarding
In his essay on “What the Dog Saw”, Malcolm Gladwell describes Cesar Millan’s “movements of mastery” in communicating with dogs. There’s magic here. There’s magic in Cesar’s deep understanding of…
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Emotional Onboarding
All onboarding is emotional. It's all about moving people's feelings. The process has value Just because all onboarding is emotional does not mean you can relax the process. The basic…
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Engaging Onboarding
Sandy Linver suggests five stages of communication: from unaware to aware to understand to believe to action. It’s a terrific model that has been helpful to a lot of people…
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KISS Messaging in Onboarding
Your message is the simplifying tool that makes the complexity of your circumstances and ideas easier for people to understand and remember. Mary Vonnegut and I had a good debate…
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Fundamental Onboarding Beliefs
Purposeful integration is essential This is why it’s so important to get stakeholders aligned around the organization’s purpose, a Total Onboarding Program and recruiting brief before starting to recruit. Get…
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Contextual Onboarding
In many ways, all onboarding is contextual. It's about acquiring, accommodating, assimilating and accelerating a new team member into the context of the organization. PrimeGenesis' three core onboarding ideas must…
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Communication Blockages in Onboarding
I was in China last week where internet access to anything related to PrimeGenesis is completely blocked. Couldn't use PrimeGenesis email. Couldn't look at PrimeGenesis websites. And, as I'm sure,…
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