TALENT GROWTH
Grow Your Talent And Invest In Your Employees
BY VERNE HARNISH
In order to keep your company competitive and your people loyal , you must grow them through education and coaching . Based on exhaustive research done by Laurie Bassi , co-author of Good Company : Business Success in the Worthiness Era , this investment in people is the single biggest predictor of a company ’ s ability to beat its direct competitors and the overall market .
ONBOARDING : GETTING THE FIRST IMPRESSION RIGHT
One of the biggest opportunities to grow and align your people is when they first start working for you . Their initial weeks on the job represent a unique chance to create connection and deeply ingrain a company ’ s DNA into new people . However , few companies make proper use of this opportunity . Instead , the first days on the job often feel more like waterboarding than onboarding : no desk , no computer , and no phone ; the new boss is traveling ; and the first assignment is shadowing an unenthusiastic colleague for two weeks .
Onboarding needs to be a celebration , not paperwork . It should create emotional connections between the new recruit and team members .
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