Onboarding Blog Posts
Want To Stop Your New Hires Leaving? Do This One Thing
Can I let you into a secret? There's one thing you can do that will make your new hire feel incredible. And it's a secret because very few employers do this so your new hire won’t expect it. Good news on both front to make your new hire feel like a million dollars...
Are You Making These Mistakes With Your New Hire?
In a business, not far from you, two managers chat by the coffee machine. Jane's first day Three months later Six months later So Jane’s experience in her new job followed that often used ‘sink or swim’ model. And she left. Jane’s boss said he was disappointed...
Don’t Let Your New Manager Drown
He leaves the office on a Friday night as one of their teammates. He returns on Monday morning as their manager. With a deep breath, he sits at his desk. I wonder what he would think if he could see what was ahead of him. Over the next few months he will have to...
14 Reasons Your New Hire Thinks He Has Made the Best Decision Ever
Well, aren’t you looking pleased with yourself? And rightly so. You have in your midst a motivated, excited new hire that looks like all his Christmases have come at once. You hired well, my friend. And you worked hard to welcome him into your company so that he knew...
Your New Hires Need To Meet The Right People : A Simple, Repeatable System
Ever wondered what the person sitting two desks along actually does? Or how the work you do really impacts other teams? Or maybe you have had conversations with customers where you felt that they knew more than you did? A good new hire will be wondering all these...
Don’t Overwhelm Your New Hire With Unrealistic Expectations
It has taken you forever to fill this role. The work has been building up – the last person doing the job left weeks ago. You have tried to share out the work as best you can to the rest of the team. But that is not ideal. But now you can relax. Your heroic new...
7 Ways To Take The Boring Out Of Your Onboarding
It’s like being bored on your honeymoon. Or not feeling excitement when you get the keys to your new house. Starting a new job is one of life’s milestones. It's something you have high hopes for, and you are desperate for them to be realised. If you're bored within...
How To Remove Confusion From The New Hire Experience
“Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious...” Michael Stipe. And this is the problem. Your new hire is often confused by what he thinks should be obvious. And you certainly think it is...
How To Stop Your New Hire Feeling Awkward
You know when you are at a party and you don’t know anyone else there? You kind of hover on the outskirts of a group with a gormless smile on your face. Pretending you understand all the in jokes and banter? Or maybe, after a couple of awkward attempts at getting to...
What To Do When Your New Hire Is Unimpressed?
Your heart sinks when you look across the office. Your new hire is not looking happy. In fact, it looks like he can’t quite believe what is going on. But not in a good way, like a kid at a firework display. More like a captain watching a sinking ship. That is the...
The 7 Faces of Your New Hire (How Good Is Your Onboarding?)
Kicking Off The '7 Faces of A New Hire' Onboarding Series. It is always a bit of a gamble isn’t it, starting a new job? You want it to be your best decision ever but you are anxious that it could be your worst mistake. When you desperately want everything to be...
Hiring from Outside your Industry? 7 Tips to Make Them Successful Fast
I had no idea what he was talking about. I could see his lips moving. I could hear the words. Beyond that? Nothing. He was talking Cloud Computing. I felt like I was an alien that had just landed on an uncomfortably different planet. Starting a new job is...
7 Signs That Your New Employee Is Going To Quit
It is easier to see the signs when it is someone you know well. I am not saying they are always ‘slap round the face’ obvious. But the clues that your longer term employee is going to quit are definitely there. The opinionated team member who offers fewer...
How To Onboard A New Hire When You Are So Freakin’ Busy
You are a good manager. You get how important employee onboarding is. And you would love to do it well. But deadlines are hurtling towards you at an alarming rate. There seems to be one crisis after another. Your team are working flat out just to keep their heads...
Why the First Year in a New Job is like the First Year of Marriage
It is probably all this talk of Valentine’s day. But it got me thinking about the rollercoaster of emotions you go through when you meet someone new. The nerves, the anticipation, the excitement, the self doubt. The thrill of new experiences through to the...
The DANGER ZONE between Job Offer and First Day: Don’t lose your new hire now
Woah, woah, woah. I hate to break up the celebratory conga around the office but we have things to do. I know that you and your team are excited about the great candidate that just accepted your job offer. It felt, at times, that you would never find the right...
Your new hire driving you nuts? Could it be your fault?
Man! You thought he was going to be good. He showed so much promise at interview – the skills, the personality and experience in your industry. You had no doubt in your mind that he was the guy for the job. Yet, a few weeks in, and your new employee seems to be...
10 First Day Essentials to Blow your New Hire’s Socks off
Your new hire is waiting in reception. He is perched on the chair, which is a little too low, trying to look relaxed. Slightly anxious, he is wondering if he will fit in. Is this going to be the job he hopes it will be? Right now, he is ready. Your opportunity to...
Make your New Employee More Effective in 15 minutes a day
You recognise this look, right? The smile is still there but you suspect your new employee’s brain is about to explode. “Yes, it is all going great” she assures you. The smile is getting more fixed each day and you can almost feel the panic escaping from her pores. ...