Tag: Onboarding

Ask the Expert: Re-Onboarding Employees

Q: If we haven’t had an onboarding process for our employees until this point, do we need to go back and “re-onboard” people?

Employee Onboarding As a Shared Responsibility

Do you know who “owns” your organization’s onboarding process? In other words: Can you name which person or people are responsible for helping new employees feel comfortable, prepared, and productive? If you can, great—you’re one step closer to optimizing your onboarding procedures. But if you’re not sure who currently owns onboarding, don’t worry; it doesn’t mean you need to […]

Onboarding: Does Your Program Cover the 5 C’s?

Each of the 5 Cs of onboarding refers to an important subject a new hire must learn. Let’s run through each of the 5 Cs together.

Let’s Talk About Unproductive Compensation

Trying to quantify onboarding? I’d like to introduce you to a new way to think about human capital expenses: unproductive compensation.

The Costs of Poor Onboarding: What You Lose When People Jump Ship

From “all aboard!” to “huh?”—poor onboarding procedures have a real financial impact on employers. Here’s what you lose when new hires feel unprepared. In the old days, before a ship or train would depart the dock or station, a conductor, captain, or some other official with a handlebar mustache would yell, “all aboard!” Apart from setting the […]