Tag: onboarding
Definition of Onboarding
We’re in the midst of the final copy-edits on our new book, Onboarding – How To Get Your New Employees Up To Speed In Half The Time (Wiley, 2009) and…
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Hundred Days: useful or folly?
The Wall Street Journal's David Greenberg recently wrote about "The Folly of the "Hundred Days". He argues that the "hundred days" term has been an unreliable indicator for presidential success,…
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Reducing Onboarding Risk
40 percent of new leaders fail. This can be devastating for those having to look for another job – and for their hiring manager who is inevitably tainted by the…
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Improving Meetings
Let’s talk about Meetings. Why not? To paraphrase the great Samuel Clemens, “Everyone talks about meetings, but no one does anything about them.” Meetings are the stuff of life for…
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Rebuilding Business Stamina While Onboarding After A Layoff
John Paul Newport’s recent article on Tiger’s Search for Golf Stamina (Wall Street Journal March 7, 2009) has some ideas directly applicable to business leaders onboarding into new positions –…
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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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Total Onboarding Program
We just launched OnboardingProgram.com. It is an online self managed work stream that guides hiring managers to lead cross functional, integrated efforts to align, acquire, accommodate, assimilate and accelerate new…
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In Praise of Timelines and Milestones
Until key players agree on what is getting done by when by whom, you do not have a plan. Timelines and milestones are the critical link between theoretical plans and…
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In praise of recruiting briefs
No one who ever worked in marketing at Procter and Gamble would ever consider letting anyone develop any sort of advertising without a clear creative brief. We should hold ourselves…
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