Anecdote: Staff induction - it's just learning - The Diigo Meta page

• 11 Aug 11
  

  Simon Fowler

  onboarding new-hire induction

• 08 Aug 11
  

  Harold Jarche

  I have been asking people, “How long after starting here did you feel you really knew the organisation and job you were doing?” Most people said it took them 12-18 months in a large organisation to really feel on top on things. Staff induction, therefore, needs to be more gradual and unfold over time as we experience the organisation we've joined. We need a slower and longer-term approach, one that better balances intellectual and emotional learning.
  Here's how I reckon this might work.
  Day 1—the basics of survival, security passes, floor plan, toilets, colleagues, managers, colleagues sitting down for coffee to let you know of the gotchas to avoid
  Week 1—why you are here and how your work fits into the big picture, cycles of activities, people you need to know, show how to elicit stories from people, meet some of the people you need to know and get them to tell a story or two, where to find information such as policies and processes and the staff directory, team lunch
  Month 1—how to get your expenses paid, stuff about pays, people you need to know, conversation about how to get ahead around here, know what managers to avoid, conversation with your manager about what you need to do to make a good contribution, understand the wider network (check out the social network charts)
  Quarter 1—reflect of what you have achieved so far and discuss with your manager, ask “where do things happen here?”, understand your purpose and how it links to what the organisation is trying achieve, know who you can trust, have lunch and coffees with people, ask questions and stay curious.
  Year 1—sit back and think about what you learnt, help a new employee get up and running, tell them your stories of how you started, wonder what you don't know,

  onboarding

• 22 Mar 10
  

  Amanda Fenton

  onboarding

• 31 Aug 08
  

  DeboraGallo

  ideal on boarding process

  induction

• 15 Jun 07
  

  Chris Bailey

  career learning belonging employees employee+retention induction organizational+development

• 03 Jun 07
  

  michelemmartin

  blogthis training learning npstaffdev career professionaldevelopment

• 28 May 07
  

  Tom Hemingway

  Staff induction needs to be more gradual and unfold over time as we experience the organisation we've joined. We need a slower and longer-term approach, one that better balances intellectual and emotional learning.

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