Onboarding – The Essential Rules for a Successful Onboarding Program

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Recommended Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required for this course.

Course Overview

Did you know that most employees decide to leave a job within their first 18 months with an organization? When an employee does leave, it usually costs about three times their salary to replace them.

You can greatly increase the likelihood that a new employee will stay with you by implementing a well-designed onboarding program that will guide the employee through their first months with the company. This course will explore the benefits of onboarding, show you how to design an onboarding framework, give you ways to customize the program for different audiences (including managers and executives), and demonstrate how to measure results from the program.

Learning Objectives

• Define onboarding and describe how it is different from orientation
• Identify the business benefits of onboarding
• List the factors that contribute to a successful onboarding program
• Build a team to create an onboarding program
• Prepare a vision statement and goals for an onboarding program
• Design a framework for an onboarding program that includes program setup, various types of training, games, progress tracking, and follow-up
• Customize your onboarding framework
• Identify which metrics you should track to evaluate program results
• Create a branded, unique program that will strengthen your company’s image and market position

Course Outline

1. Course Overview
2. Defining Onboarding
3. What is Onboarding?
4. Benefits for Your Business
5. A Recipe for Disaster
6. Creating the Onboarding Steering Team
7. Gathering Supporting Information
8. Finding the Processes and People
9. Personal Identification
10. Putting it All Together
11. Vision Summary Sample
12. Setting Goals
13. Developing the Framework
14. A General Framework
15. Pre-Work
16. Creating an Onboarding Plan Template
17. Day One
18. Week One
19. Month One
20. Semi-Annual and Annual Reviews
21. Creating an Onboarding Plan
22. Customizing the Framework
23. Measuring Results
24. Branding the Program
25. Making the Onboarding Program All Your Own
26. Branding River Adventures
27. Onboarding Executives
28. Understanding Employee Engagement
29. Ten Ways to Make Your Program Unique
30. Fun and Games
31. Let’s Get Creative!
32. Our Favorite Onboarding Games
33. Case Study Analysis
34. Personal Action Plan
35. Recommended Reading List
36. Post-Course Assessment