From the course: Onboarding New Hires as a Manager (2019)
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Exploring your role as the manager
From the course: Onboarding New Hires as a Manager (2019)
Exploring your role as the manager
- As the new person's boss, you are the most important person in determining their success. So after all the pre-work is done, and they actually begin their job, let's think about how you can help them be more successful. We'll start with the first day or two. Typically, this very early period is less about the work and more about the new person getting to know you, their work environment and their colleagues. The goal is to show support, build rapport and try to make them feel welcome. To make that happen, their first few days should be very scripted with various orientations, introductory meetings and tours. They might feel overwhelmed on day one so it's a good idea to keep your eye on the schedule and stop in a few times to make sure they're keeping up with the flood of new information. Some companies take this idea even further and ask the new hire's assigned buddy to be their escort for the day such that when…
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