JT7 GIVE THEM A WIN

1. JT7 | GIVE THEM A WIN Got a new joiner on the team? Maybe it’s a new employee or perhaps someone who’s transferred from elsewhere. It’s their first few days and they’re naturally a little tentative, feeling their way around the org and getting used to the working style in your team. So, how do you help them settle in and build their confidence so they can start taking on their share of responsibility quickly? KEY POINTS 00:59 | It’s not just on the new employee to make a good impression but also on the manager to make it possible www.crazytok.online

2. 03:57 | A second way to make a new hire feel welcome is to assign a buddy 04:30 | The third way is to have a welcome gathering, even if virtual 05:16 | But the best way is to give them a win, with a limited project they can own and deliver independently GET YOUR NEW JOINER STARTED RIGHT WITH THIS ONBOARDING CHECKLIST The effort invested in a strong onboarding program will pay off in spades as each of your new hires starts off on the right foot and becomes an independent contributor quickly. Use the Onboarding Checklist template on the Resources page to save yourself time figuring out exactly what to include. The Resource Page is accessible to registered users only – sign up for free here or log in here. TRANSCRIPT Got a new joiner on the team? Maybe it’s a new employee or perhaps someone who’s transferred from elsewhere. It’s their first few days and they’re naturally a little tentative, feeling their way around the org and getting used to the working style in your team. So, how do you help them settle in and build their confidence so they can start taking on their share of responsibility quickly? www.crazytok.online

3. Hi my name is Amit and I’ve spent almost two decades in various large and small organisations as well as startups. I’ve been an individual contributor, as well as a leader managing hundreds of talented individuals in fast-growth environments. In the process, I’ve learnt a lot about what it takes to be successful in the corporate world. In this show I share with you everything I’ve learnt so you can accelerate your career, land exciting roles and shape the career of your dreams. There are dozens or maybe hundreds of books written about how a new employee should approach their first few weeks at work so they make a great first impression and start off on the right foot. But all those tend to focus on what the employee should do, which is fine but that should really only be half the story. It’s equally on the manager and the team to help them settle in so today we’ll talk about that. And if you stick around till the end I’ll share a secret that will immediately elevate you from a good manager to a great manager, so far as your new joiner is concerned. For the purpose of today’s discussion I’m going to give our new joiner a name because, well, it will be very boring to keep saying New Joiner. Let’s call her Putri. I’ve spent a lot of time in Indonesia over the past couple of years and it’s a pretty familiar name. Ngomong ngomong kalau nama Anda Putri, maaf, Saya tidak bermaksud Anda secara khusus. Like in the movies, any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental. www.crazytok.online

4. Every company has a new hire onboarding of some kind. If it’s a larger place it is likely a full-day affair with hosts of presentations by leadership or trainers. There’s also likely an IT onboarding where you get your laptop and set up access to email, chat and internal systems. If it’s small, maybe it’s a welcome presentation and tech onboarding before you’re shown to your seat. Those sessions are ok for a sort of overview but in reality they mean little to the new joiner, who really only wants to know how they should get started at their actual work. That’s where a good team onboarding comes in. For a start, you could have a new joiners checklist so they get familiar with the nuts and bolts of how you work. This should include links to important Wiki pages, documents, dashboards and other important material that would make it easier for Putri to catch up to what’s happening. I’ve found that including links to business reviews is a great shortcut to learning, since these cover all the key things that management cares about. It should also include an org chart with names, roles and key projects. Finally add in key meeting cadences and a list of all the chat and email groups they need to join and you’d have got Putri off to a very good start. New joiners usually have a lot of free time at the start before they get sucked into the day to day of their work, so a checklist allows them to self-study and make good use of the time. It also reduces the burden on the rest of the team, which is super important if you have a fast growing team with new joiners coming in weekly. www.crazytok.online crazytok.online@gmail.com