Tag: onboarding best practice
Title and role are different
Webster defines a CEO as "the executive with the chief decision-making authority in an organization or business" The trouble is that that is not always the case. Sometimes the "Chairman"…
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Onboarding just ahead of the curve
You want to be ahead of the curve in onboarding - but not too far ahead of the curve. I It's a Goldilocks sort of thing. If you're behind everyone…
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Get vaguely right first
Wharton professor Len Lodish used to say "It's better to be vaguely right than precisely wrong". That thought has helped me prioritize things for a long time and keep my…
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Onboarding Notions
"Hurry up. Toytime is over. Everyone is back from books. It's time for preces." This was my welcome into my new school, Winchester College. What was abundantly clear was that…
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Onboarding: Ready. Aim. Fire.
If you think about people engaged in a physical activity in which they use something to hit something else, they must get their tools ready, aim and then fire. Onboarding…
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Who are you taking for granted?
I walked away from a ten-year relationship with a supplier this week because they made me feel bad. I've been staying in their hotel on a regular basis since 2000…
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Committing Your Reserves
One of the most important decisions in most endeavors is when to commit your reserves. When do you put all the information on the table? When do you move your…
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Internal Consistency
I had worked flat out for 16 hours writing up a market share summary. It went through countless iterations as it worked its way up my management ladder. Finally, my…
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Onboarding on the fly
Bad idea. Onboarding on the fly with no preparation has a low probability of success. An awful lot of things come down to what you want and what you are…
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