Onboarding, Onboarding, blah, blah...
Marcus Sparks
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So whatever happened to Orientation?
When I reference my work in Manufacturing, I think of the very specific programs and processes that the best run manufacturing plants had in place to welcome new employees. The best performing plants had empowered, high-performing, inclusive cultures that you could feel when you walked through the front door. And this culture was expressed through a relentless focus on Orientation and Onboarding of new employees. In the most productive plants, Orientation was a week-long process of welcoming, inspiring, guiding, and grounding that helped new employees feel appreciated and part of something special. Orientation answered the important questions that every new employee has:
When I reference my work in Manufacturing, I think of the very specific programs and processes that the best run manufacturing plants had in place to welcome new employees. The best performing plants had empowered, high-performing, inclusive cultures that you could feel when you walked through the front door. And this culture was expressed through a relentless focus on Orientation and Onboarding of new employees. In the most productive plants, Orientation was a week-long process of welcoming, inspiring, guiding, and grounding that helped new employees feel appreciated and part of something special. Orientation answered the important questions that every new employee has:
- where am I?
- Is this place what I thought it would be?
- why am I here?
- how do I fit in?
- do I matter?
- WIIFM?
- how do I get where I'm going?
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That's a wonderful idea Marcus. Love it
. Already have some awesome ideas from this that I can take and apply!
Especially, showing them who else is in here already, etc and maybe other customers talking about how they are finding value.
Thanks,Srikrishnan Ganesan
Co-Founder, Rocketlane0
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