COURSE DESCRIPTION: A recent B21 survey of HR execs showed that 80% of companies do either a poor or mediocre job of acclimating new employees. That means that many of us are spending huge amounts of money on advertising, search fees, testing, background checks and pre-employment interviews to find the "perfect" candidate – then throwing it all away by mishandling the candidate's transition into the organization.
This process, now commonly called "on-boarding," is widely misunderstood and vastly underutilized. Why? Because it's easy to underestimate just how difficult it is for new employees to adapt to a new job and a new culture and it takes a long time for them to contribute.
When companies take a "Let 'em sink or swim" attitude, the failure rate is extremely high, particularly for higher-level employees - and the monetary price tag - one to four times the person’s salary - is only part of the cost you pay. Failed hires hurt morale. They increase workload. They create stress. And, frankly, repeated miscues make your management team appear incompetent.
The good news is that you can dramatically improve your success rate and avoid the staggering cost of failed hires if you implement a systematic "on-boarding" process at your company. This conference will tell you how to do it.
Participants will learn:
- A step by step on-boarding process covering the first 90 days
- Why typical "Employee Orientation" programs don’t cut it in today’s marketplace
- The "Five Myths" of rapid assimilation
- How to design a new employee experience that captures both the Head (Rational/Cultural) and the Heart (Emotional/Relational) of the new employee
- Why giving new employees a "fast start" is more important than ever today
- How to make the business case for on-boarding to senior management
- Why studies show that effective on-boarding has four times more power than compensation in winning discretionary effort from new hires
- Why on-boarding can’t be accomplished by the hiring manager alone
- The importance of establishing metrics and how to measure and communicate your success in financial terms
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: B. Lynn Ware, Ph.D., is President and CEO of Integral Talent Systems based in Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Ware is an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist who has practiced for over twenty five years in the corporate education and organization development field, with a strong focus on how to increase employee productivity for the benefit of achieving strategic execution. Dr. Ware has experience consulting in the consumer products, financial services, health care, high tech, manufacturing and retail industries. Dr. Ware is frequently quoted on trends in employee retention and other talent management strategies in numerous publications such as the Associated Press.
HRCI CERTIFICATION: This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage.
MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE: We're so confident you'll get what you want out of this conference that we'll refund your full fee if you’re not satisfied. It's risk-free.
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