Have you ever had a bad first day on the job? Or, have you learned too late – once conflict was occurring or a valuable team member quit – that certain team members felt isolated, excluded or confused about their roles?
This session outlines a series of communication strategies for welcoming new team members that will help them feel like a valued part of the team and organization, while also facilitating a team’s acceptance and integration of new members.
Learning Objectives:
• Define the goals of new hire/new team member onboarding
• Identify risks and pitfalls of traditional onboarding practices
• Identify task needs and social needs of new hires
• Discuss the four stages of new employee assimilation
• Provide low/no-cost, practical ideas for each stage of assimilation that will help new team members feel welcome and be productive
• Articulate the link between effective onboarding and employee engagement, retention
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