[42]Coordinate an On-Boarding Process

THINK BACK for a moment about your first day of work. We hope it was memorable. We hope that your new boss welcomed you, the team made you feel at home, and your e-mail and computer were up and running and ready to go. We hope! However, in our work with organizations, we have found that the on-boarding process is often an overlooked and haphazard affair. The one-day organizational new-employee training may be a little better, but we imagine the dark rooms, PowerPoint slides, and talking heads did little to energize, excite, and acclimate you to your actual department.

Helping transition an individual to your department and your organization is an important process. First impressions are lasting impressions. ...

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