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Total Picture Radio|George Bradt, Onboarding - How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the time Episode
Welcome to a Inside Recruiting Channel podcast on Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting. Joining us today is George Bradt, founder and managing director of PrimeGenesis a firm focused on senior executive onboarding. Prior to founding PrimeGenesis, George served as chief executive of J.D. Power and Associates’ Power Information Network spin off and in general management, marketing and sales at Coca-Cola in Europe and Asia, Procter & Gamble and Lever Brothers. George is the co-author, with his PrimeGenesis partner, Mary Vonnegut of The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan: How to Take Charge, Build Your Team, and Get Immediate Results - and his recently published book is titled, Onboarding: How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time.Onboarding "is the process of acquiring, accommodating, assimilating and accelerating new team members, whether they come from outside or inside the organization. The prerequisite to successful onboarding is getting your organization aligned around the need and the role."Getting new employees up to speed is one of the toughest jobs hiring managers face. Failure can lead to unfilled needs, unhappy recruits, and, ultimately, the failure to meet vital business goals.In Onboarding, top executive transition consultants George Bradt and Mary Vonnegut help you recruit great employees, orient them to your business culture and goals, and enable them to start contributing immediately. Even better, the Total Onboarding Program lets you get your new employees on track in half the normal time.The Total Onboarding Program can dramatically improve the performance, fit, and readiness of every person who takes on a new role in your organization. As a result, onboarding helps build, sustain, and perpetuate high-performing teams and leads to sustained, organization-wide competitive advantage. With deliberate practice and the right tools, you'll succeed at every step of the onboarding process:Preparing for your new employee's success before you even start to recruitFinding a powerful slate of potential candidatesCreating a personal onboarding plan with your new employeeMaking your new employee ready, eager, and able to do real work on day oneSpeeding the development of importantworking relationshipsProviding the right resources, support, and follow-through for new employees
[ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:02:21 -0400 ]
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