Tag: management
Eyes on the prize hands on the wheel
Race car drivers are told over and over again to look at the track, not the wall. Leaders are told to envision the future, not get bogged down in the…
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Discipline in Onboarding
Routines, timelines, and structure to establish control are non-optional components of success. You don’t have to manage them yourself if discipline is not one of your strengths. But you must…
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Up and Out, In and Down (Part 1)
Rick’s Experience One of my clients named Rick was brought into a finance organization that, for all intents and purposes, was broken. The company had grown rapidly through both acquisition…
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The Stupid Edition of Intuition
Sometimes letting people trust their guts is a very good thing. Sometimes it’s not. Here’s one way to think about the difference. Conscious Competence Model Consider the conscious competence…
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Onboarding Progress
“…making progress in one’s work – even incremental progress – is more frequently associated with positive emotions and high motivation than any other workday event”. So says Teresa Amabile…
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Creating Time While Onboarding
How can managers create more time? They can’t. All they can do is reallocate it. While individuals are limited to reallocating their own time, managers have more leverage because they…
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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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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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Onboarding others does not work
Onboarding others does not work. Fortunately, you can help them onboard. On the other hand, new employees can not onboard themselves by themselves. Fortunately, they can make great strides in…
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