Real Leadership in Under a Minute
View our real leadership in under a minute video about the New Hire Experience.
The fact is, you only get one chance to successfully onboard a new hire. Here’s how to get it right.
Our technology solution, building connections®, provides an engaging, automated, learning experience that’s branded for your company.
It addresses the two most critical, real-life areas new hires face: how to integrate rapidly into the organization, and then how to build the productive, positive relationships that lead to success.
We are firm believers that no new hire should be expected to navigate the onboarding process alone, as no form, manual, or even an attractive dashboard can ever fully replace the vital roles that the organization’s hiring manager, HR Partner and other stakeholders play. That’s precisely why all components of building connections® incorporate key players into the Onboarding Program.
Every email notification, every survey to track progress, every element that helps to guide the new hire, hiring manager and key stakeholders all combine to create a total, consistent, engaging, and successful onboarding experience.
building connections® is flexible, so it can address all your new hire needs, whether it’s to cover the period from Offer Acceptance to Day 1, Day 1 through the First 90 days, or both.
The most effective solution is a well-crafted new hire experience supported by a blended approach using both modules of building connections®: quickstart® and the first 90®.
For the client who wants to focus on jump-starting the experience prior to Day 1 by delivering knowledge and tools to the new hire, we offer our proprietary, dynamic web-based solution, quickstart®
quickstart® is designed to lower the new hires’ apprehension while increasing their engagement by providing knowledge about the organization, the experiences they can expect as employees, and information about Day One….ahead of Day One.
This is doubly important when your new hire is a Millennial, as a full one-third of Millennials start seeking a new job a mere six months after joining an organization. The good news is that quickstart® can effectively counter this by incorporating the kind of technology and interactive features that engage them, and make them feel more positive about your culture.
The point is, when a new hire starts off on the right foot, the path to success is far more likely.
The first ninety days are critical for success as the new hire’s goal is to transition from learning to doing — the faster the better.
And the fastest way to do that is to provide them with the right knowledge, and the right connections to the right people that provide the best channel for 2-way feedback.
the first 90® days solution accomplishes all this by delivering a combination of personal, high- touch support options, delivered using advanced technology, through each stage in the process. The online experience doesn’t have to end on day one. Once the new hire starts, building connections®, the first 90® days, gives them access to an interactive dashboard where they can see their progress and view action items and resources that will support them through the first 90 days.
The new hire’s support network (i.e., hiring manager, mentor and/or HR partner) will have access to plug ‘n play roadmaps and dashboards with key milestones and surveys that give insight about what the new hire needs and what needs to be done.
View our new hire experience videos
Real Leadership in Under a Minute – the new hire experience
Our Onboarding Re-Imagined video shows how the new hire experience fits into the total onboarding experience
Our New Leader Transition solution for onboarding is designed to enable the leader to maximize their impact quickly
View our real leadership in under a minute video about the New Hire Experience.
Brenda Hampel & Erika Lamont, co-founders of Connect the Dots Consulting, were recently featured on the podcast series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future as onboarding experts.
More than 40% of new leaders fail within 18 months. Why?
Don’t blame the leader; look at the organization instead! Most organizations don’t onboard a new leader well, if at all. They assume a person’s success at one company will automatically transfer to theirs – but there are far too many variables at play to bank on that. Instead, an onboarding plan that goes beyond HR protocols and benefits sign-up is necessary: a plan that considers company culture, history, team dynamics…even quality of life differences if the new leader is coming from out of town!
Brenda Hampel and Erika Lamont of Connect the Dots share tips, tricks, and outright wisdom from years of experience helping organizations maximize the success of their new leaders.
Here’s what Brenda, Erika, and host Maureen Metcalf cover:
Based on feedback Brenda Hampel, Managing Director, Connect the Dots received in her presentation at a recent conference, many organizations continue to look for effective ways to ensure their onboarding practices meet the expectations and needs of new employees.
Over 75 HR professionals attended her session “Disrupt Your Onboarding Experience,” designed to help participants:
The presentation included several real-time feedback polls to assess the current state of onboarding at participants’ organizations and help CTD tailor its content delivery. The following charts outline the feedback we received during the session.
Why “disrupt” your onboarding experience?
HR professionals in attendance were most motivated to improve their onboarding systems to increase retention of new hires and engage employees, and get employees up to speed faster (38% and 33%, respectively). Getting new hires up to speed and improving ease of manager participation were much less likely to be the drivers of participant’s onboarding focus. No participants indicated a specific need to address the multi-generational workforce with onboarding.
What is the current state of onboarding in your organization?
All session participants reported that they conduct some onboarding activities in their organizations; however, about half focused mainly on orientation activities. Nearly 20% also included training activities, and an additional 24% also include some socialization. Only 10% of respondents reported having a formal, structured process with an onboarding plan, defined roles, and feedback.
What type of technology are you currently using for your onboarding experience?
Over half of participants were not using any technology to support their onboarding processes. The remaining participants implemented a branded onboarding website (24%) or email and calendar planning only (24%). No participants reported using social media to connect with new hires or linking their systems to existing HRIS systems.
Your Onboarding Experience
Where is your onboarding program hitting and missing the mark? What best-practice updates can you make to better meet your organization’s needs?
Take a look at our onboarding solutions for the new hire as well as for new leader transition to see how we help dynamic companies effectively onboard their team members
Onboarding expert Jennifer Foster and CVS’s Learning and Talent Professional, Lois O’Brien were featured as presenters at the recent ATD Techknowledge virtual conference where they co-presented: Reimaging the Onboarding Experience: Using Technology for a Hybrid Workforce. Here is an overview of the topic:
The world has changed. Remote work, hybrid workforce, “new normal”—whatever you are calling it, it’s is here to stay. During this session, you will hear how CVS Health is using Connect the Dots’ onboarding technology to meet and exceed the needs of its new hires, regardless of geographic location or where work gets done. You will learn about the current state of onboarding, what new hires are asking for, and how to blend technology with key human interactions to create the engaging and consistent onboarding experience your organization needs to recruit and retain great talent.
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You can watch and listen to their presentation by clicking on this link: https://players.brightcove.net/4684385851001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6297673188001
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