Competence, Confidence, and Caring in Onboarding
Competence, Confidence, and Caring in Onboarding

"...there are three things that matter. The first is competence — just being good at what you do, whatever it is, and focusing on the job you have, not on…

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Onboarding Results – Process Tradeoff
Onboarding Results – Process Tradeoff

The world is full of people so focused on process that they forget about results.  They think that if they do everything right, good things will happen.  It's also full…

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Phrasing Onboarding
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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Why invest in onboarding?  Impact.
Why invest in onboarding? Impact.

TED sent out an email this morning that highlighted, among other things, talks by actress Pasty Rodenburg and musician Robert Gupta.  At one point in their talks, each explained why…

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The Music of Onboarding
The Music of Onboarding

Orchestra conductor Andris Nelsons is certain that “The music does the leading”, and not him.   (In an interview in Egon Zehnder’s “The Focus”.)  The same is true for onboarding.…

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Adjusting
Adjusting

A tree fell into a man's driveway last week. (A lot of trees fell into a lot of places in Connecticut last week. But this story is about one tree.) …

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Engaging Onboarding
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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Link Between Onboarding and Engagement
Link Between Onboarding and Engagement

Aberdeen research's new report on “Onboarding – The First Line of Engagement” recommends: collaboration between all relevant stakeholders in a formal onboarding process that is integrated with other key talent…

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The Right Role for HR in Onboarding
The Right Role for HR in Onboarding

My partner, Rob Gregory, suggests there are three core processes in any organization: strategic, operational and organizational.  Separately, last night, I sat in on Anna Tavis' wonderful Talent Management class…

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