how would you like me to show up for you ?

Favorite questions to ask my new direct reports as I onboard: how would you like me to show up for you so that I become one of the best managers you've ever had? Never fails to surprise and delight them.

After asking direct reports what they want from you as a manager, the work's not over. Share specifics about your style and how you plan to be present for them and be honest about where you might not be able to be supportive + why so that expectations are clear from the start. 

Nikkia Akua Reveillac

Twitter. October 13, 2021. 

standardized onboarding process

In my experience as a consultant for Fortune 500 companies, I’ve found that the most effective organizations onboard new hires for the duration of their first year — their most vulnerable period — and focus on three key dimensions: the organizational, the technical, and the social. By using this integrated approach, they enable their employees to stay, and to thrive...

Organizational Onboarding...

• Teach them how things work...
• Help them assimilate...

Technical Onboarding...

• Define what good looks like...
• Set up early wins...

Social Onboarding...

• Build a sense of community...

If you want to retain the talent you spend good money to acquire, make sure a new hire’s first year is positive and productive. Organizations with a standardized onboarding process experience 62% greater new hire productivity, along with 50% greater new hire retention. Those that invest time and effort in their new employees reap the benefits. If you want to be an employer of choice for top talent, make sure a new hire’s organizational, technical, and social needs are well met.

Ron Carucci

"To Retain New Hires, Spend More Time Onboarding Them" Harvard Business Review. Dec. 3, 2018