Onboarding How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
GEORGE BRADT is founder and Managing Director of PrimeGenesis, the premier executive transition consultancy. He was previously an executive at Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Disney, Coca-Cola, and J.D. Power and Associates. He is also the author of The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan, from Wiley.
MARY VONNEGUT is a Partner in PrimeGenesis. She was formerly president of a retail operation, senior vice president of marketing at Hanover Direct, and worked as a management consultant. She has launched new businesses, built marketing departments from the ground up, and crafted growth strategies.
"Onboarding," a growing trend in the business community, is a focused methodology that gets people in new roles up to speed quickly and efficiently. This book guides you through a process that enables you to recruit, orient, and enable your new employees to get the job done. Learn how to inspire and encourage your new employees to deliver better results faster.
George Bradt and Mary Vonnegut’s Onboarding helps ensure that your new employees are productive and efficient from day one. You’ll learn how to help them assimilate into your corporate culture and accelerate their learning.
- Onboarding is one of the hottest trends in business
- This is the first book about onboarding
- George Bradt is a leading speaker and consultant, and the author of The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan
For business leaders and managers who want well-trained, responsive, efficient, and effective employees, Onboarding helps you get the best from your new employees.
Acknowledgments xi
Part I Prepare for Your New Employee’s Success Before You Start Recruiting
Chapter 1 Understand the Organization-Wide Benefits of a Total Onboarding Program: An Executive Summary 3
Chapter 2 Clarify Your Destination and Messages to the Candidate and the Organization 17
Forms and Tools 2.1 Purpose and Priorities (Downloadable), 21
2.2 Onboarding Track Record (Downloadable), 23
2.3 Messages (Downloadable), 26
Chapter 3 Craft Your Time Line, Write a Recruiting Brief, and Align Your Stakeholders 29
Forms and Tools 3.1 Total Onboarding Program Time Line (Downloadable), 30
3.2 Recruiting Brief (Downloadable), 38
Part II Recruit in a Way That Reinforces Your Messages
Chapter 4 Create a Powerful Slate of Potential Candidates 47
Forms and Tools 4.1 Employment Brand (Downloadable), 52
4.2 Candidate Sourcing (Downloadable), 66
4.3 Candidate Tracking (Downloadable), 67
Chapter 5 Evaluate Candidates Against the Recruiting Brief While Pre-Selling and Pre-Boarding 69
Forms and Tools 5.1 On-Site Interview Day Plan (Downloadable), 74
5.2 Interview Guide (Downloadable), 81
5.3 Interview Debrief (Downloadable), 87
5.4 Reference/Background Check (Downloadable), 90
Chapter 6 Make the Right Offer, and Close the Right Sale the Right Way 95
Forms and Tools 6.1 Offer Closing Process (Downloadable), 99
Part III Give Your New Employee a Big Head Start Before Day One
Chapter 7 Co-Create a Personal Onboarding Plan with Your New Employee 113
Forms and Tools 7.1 Personal Onboarding Plan (Downloadable), 117
7.2 Onboarding Conversation Guide (Downloadable), 125
Chapter 8 Manage the Announcement to Set Your New Employee Up for Success 129
Forms and Tools 8.1 Announcement Cascade (Downloadable), 138
Chapter 9 Do What It Takes to Make Your New Employee Ready, Eager, and Able to Do Real Work on Day One 143
Forms and Tools 9.1 Accommodation Checklist (Downloadable), 145
Part IV Enable and Inspire Your New Employee To Deliver Better Results Faster
Chapter 10 Make Positive First Impressions Both Ways 161
Forms and Tools 10.1 Pseudonewcomer Audit (Downloadable), 168
10.2 New Employee as Valued Customer (Downloadable), 171
Chapter 11 Speed Development of Important Working Relationships 179
Forms and Tools 11.1 Assimilation Checklist (Downloadable), 186
Chapter 12 Provide Resources, Support, and Follow-Through 201
Forms and Tools 12.1 New Manager Assimilation (Downloadable), 203
12.2 Acceleration Checklist (Downloadable), 204
Appendices
Appendix I Organization-Wide Transformation 217
Appendix II Sourcing Candidates on the Web 221
Notes 225
Glossary 231
References 235
About the Guest Experts 237
About the Authors 241
Index 243
Getting new employees up to speed is one of the toughest jobs hiring managers face. Failure can lead to unfilled needs, unhappy recruits, and, ultimately, the failure to meet vital business goals.
In Onboarding, top executive transition consultants George Bradt and Mary Vonnegut help you recruit great employees, orient them to your business culture and goals, and enable them to start contributing immediately. Even better, the Total Onboarding Program lets you get your new employees on track in half the normal time.
The Total Onboarding Program can dramatically improve the performance, fit, and readiness of every person who takes on a new role in your organization. As a result, onboarding helps build, sustain, and perpetuate high-performing teams and leads to sustained, organization-wide competitive advantage. With deliberate practice and the right tools, you’ll succeed at every step of the onboarding process:
- Preparing for your new employee’s success before you even start to recruit
- Finding a powerful slate of potential candidates
- Creating a personal onboarding plan with your new employee
- Making your new employee ready, eager, and able to do real work on day one
- Speeding the development of important working relationships
- Providing the right resources, support, and follow-through for new employees
Each chapter of Onboarding includes forms, checklists, and other tools to help you make your way through the entire onboarding process with efficiency and effectiveness. You’ll have all the resources you need to eliminate hiring mistakes and bad fits, improve employee retention, and align new employees with key business strategies.
For business leaders and hiring managers who want well-trained, responsive, efficient, and effective employees, Onboarding helps you get the very best from every new employee.
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
GEORGE BRADT is founder and Managing Director of PrimeGenesis, the premier executive transition consultancy. He was previously an executive at Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Disney, Coca-Cola, and J.D. Power and Associates. He is also the author of The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan, from Wiley.
MARY VONNEGUT is a Partner in PrimeGenesis. She was formerly president of a retail operation, senior vice president of marketing at Hanover Direct, and worked as a management consultant. She has launched new businesses, built marketing departments from the ground up, and crafted growth strategies.