Pivoting off Personal Onboarding Plans
Pivoting off Personal Onboarding Plans

The creation of a personal onboarding plan is one of the crucial pivot points of onboarding well.  The earlier this can be accomplished in the process the better.  The more…

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Contextual Onboarding
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
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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Total Onboarding Program
Total Onboarding Program

Ed Bancroft and I are just finishing the final content edits on our new book The Total Onboarding Program.  This one is designed to be the companion workbook to Onboarding…

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Poor Hand-Offs: The Overriding Onboarding Issue
Poor Hand-Offs: The Overriding Onboarding Issue

Over the past several weeks, we’ve laid out 11 onboarding issues with 11 suggestions for how to deal with them.  (They are recapped below.) The overriding issue The overriding issue…

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Team 100-Day Action Plans for the new year
Team 100-Day Action Plans for the new year

It’s not clear when onboarding stops and regular management begins.  Some would argue that it’s all about the first day, week, month, 90-days, 100-days, six months or longer.  Maybe. The…

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Onboarding Results
Onboarding Results

No one cares about you.  What they care about are the results that you and your team deliver.  This is why Better Results Faster is such an important pivot point.…

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Learning from the first 100 days of Barak Obama as president
Learning from the first 100 days of Barak Obama as president

As we near the end of Obama’s first 100 days, much is being written about what has worked or not worked so far.  Keep in mind that a new leader’s…

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PrimeGenesis Onboarding Prep Workshops Can Now Be Self-Managed Online At NewJobPrep.com
PrimeGenesis Onboarding Prep Workshops Can Now Be Self-Managed Online At NewJobPrep.com

Prepare to Succeed in Your New Job or Role The best time to prepare to succeed in a new job or role is after you accept and before you start.…

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