How To Make New Employees Feel Welcome

Onboarding has become a rather sterile term. It began as a recognition that how employees start in a new company, or a new role, can have a dramatic effect on their performance, engagement, and even their tenure. But gradually more and more demands started to be added to the process—legal requirements, mandatory trainings, pages after pages of employee handbooks. And without warning what started as a cause for celebration turned into a cascade of contract signing.

But a growing body of research suggests that what employees truly need to for successful onboarding is to prioritize connection to their coworkers over documentation and contracting. And further research reveals that getting employees to feel a sense of progress in their role and get them engaged quickly.

With those two goals in mind, here are several tactics you can use to make new employees feel welcome, connected, and making progress.

0:00 Introduction
1:15 Send A Teaser Email
2:19 Provide An “Enter-view”
3:34 Give Them A Win Right Away
4:41 Personalize Their Welcome Gift
6:28 Hold A Farewell Check-In
7:28 Schedule One Week, One Month Check-Ins
8:21 Conclusion

There are two commonalities behind all these tactics. The first is that they recognize the uniqueness of the new hires and the individual contribution they make to the team. The second is that offer opportunities for personal connections and check-ins to see how team fit is going. People want to that makes an impact, and to do it on teams that recognize that impact. And when leaders spend the first day emphasizing that impact and those connections, it sets up new hires to do their best work ever.

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