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A Simplified Best Practices Onboarding Considerations Checklist

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• Company-Related

• Leadership Buy-In

• Ensuring leadership involvement and support before. during and after onboarding.

• Continuous Improvement

• Continuously evaluate training to make sure it\'s current and effective. making changes accordingly.

• Interdepartmental Involvement

• Involve all stakeholders in the design, development, delivery and review of onboarding.

• Alignment Of business goals

• business goals first, and develop an onboarding/training framework based on those.

• Mentoring

• Plan and implement coaching programs or mentor networks for new or transitioning employees.

• Consistency

• Implementing consistent and ongoing onboarding and training programs. Internally. you need to have a plan that everyone follows and clarify expectations.

• Employee-Related

• Tailoring

• Different generational groups may have different needs that should be kept in mind.

• Role Clarity

• Make sure that all the expectations are clearly identified and communicated.

• Social Integration

• Help Support the internal networking and connection needed to do the job well and feel \'at home.

• Enculturation

• Clearly communicate the mission, vision, and driving values of the organization.

• Knowledge Transfer

• For new hires and those moving to a new role from other departments.

• Ensuring that there is access to coaching, training, a knowledge repository like wikis, and narrative transfer from departing or retiring team mates.