Top 3 Tips for Engaging New Employees in Modern Onboarding
How to engage new employees Coach Dick Vermeil, the legendary NFL coach, once quoted Teddy Roosevelt in a corporate training. He said, “No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.” He emphasized how he needed to care about his players as a whole person, not just as a quarterback […]
Great Onboarding: Lessons from Terrible First Dates
Onboarding & Awful First Dates You’ve probably been on a terrible first date. You’ve also (hopefully!) been on an excellent one. Amazing, isn’t it – how different you feel after getting home from an awful date versus a memorable one? Starting a new job is a lot like a first date. You have the same […]
3 Guaranteed Ways To Ramp Up Employees Faster
Ramp up employee faster in just 3 steps There’s this silly clip on Instagram with a hamster running on a wheel. The hamster pauses to pull its young baby onto the wheel to run alongside her. The baby immediately tumbles and topples off. For any new employee who was thrust into work without training or […]
3 Keys to Onboarding “Jurassic Park Style”
3 Keys to Onboarding “Jurassic Park Style” In Steven Spielberg’s classic 1993 movie, man and dinosaur collide in an epic battle. While you were probably spellbound by the glint of gnashing T-Rex teeth illuminated by lightning, you might have missed that the movie is also an excellent primer on stellar onboarding. Let’s learn from this […]
Great Onboarding: How to NOT Lose a New Employee in 90 days
The secrets of retaining your employees In the classic rom-com How to Lose a Guy in 10 days, the protagonist spends the entire movie trying to drive a new boyfriend away, even gifting him a “love fern.” While she was purposely trying to sabotage the new romance, many employers inadvertently damage a relationship with a […]
New hires have just one wish. Without it, they leave.
What do new hires wish for? Have you ever been asked, “if you were given one wish, what would you wish for?” Just thinking about the answer puts a smile on our faces as we dream up something great. How do you think your new hires would answer that question? Do you think it would […]
5 Things New Hires Wish You’d Do During Onboarding
HCM Technology: Stacking It All Up
I was invited to participate in a roundtable of solution providers to unpack human capital investment trends driving venture capital innovation, private equity investing, and strategic mergers and acquisitions. The temptation was to discuss the digital disruption of Human Resources, machines as talent, applications of Artificial Intelligence on business processes, People Analytics driving not merely […]
Extending the Employer Brand
Your business has one thing your competition doesn’t: your People. Finding, hiring, developing, activating and retaining the right talent for your business is a competitive edge you can’t afford to let dull. Add the rise of the gig economy, with more of the workforce considering freelance or contract work to be a viable alternative to […]
The ROI of an Effective Employee Engagement Strategy
Employee engagement is an amazing tool to keep employees motivated and performing well. But in order to reap the benefits, businesses must build a culture focused on positive employee experiences, trust, transparency and camaraderie. The work environment needs to ensure that employees feel cared for, challenged, appreciated and respected. Once you have that going though, your talent – and your business – will […]
