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Onboarding Programs for New Hires – Part 2

A Case Study (Part 2 of 2)

The first part of this post provided an overview of onboarding. This second part will focus on a case study of a global financial services company who developed and implemented an onboarding program for newly hired college graduates.

Global Financial Services Company Overview

A global financial services company […]

Onboarding Programs for New Hires – Part 1

(Part 1 of 2)

According to Wikipedia.com (in a definition taken from Onboarding: How To Get Your New Employees Up To Speed In Half The Time, Authors: George Bradt and Mary Vonnegut, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2009): “Onboarding is the process of acquiring, accommodating, assimilating and accelerating new team members, whether they come from […]

Make the Training “Stick”

Too often participants get out of the classroom and forget all about what they learned. Those new skills and knowledge are not always applied back on the job. I had heard many reasons why the individual was not applying their new skills including:

“I have no time – I need to catch up at work.” […]

Poll Question: For what purpose do you, or would you, use a coach?

There are many resources on coaching, including:

The International Coaching Federation: the largest worldwide resource for professional coaches, and the source for those who are seeking a coach. About.com: Human Resources, Tips for Effective Coaching Germane Consulting for great articles/resources for coaching.

There are also many books available for individuals who are professional coaches. Just […]

How Do You Acquire Leadership Skills? (Part II)

In Part I of this post we discussed three options for developing leadership skills: job shadowing, reading books (self learning) and online resources/blogs/portals/newsletters. In this post we will cover 6 other options for developing new or enhancing current leadership skills, some are also considered self-learning options.

If you know of other options, or have […]