On-Boarding: Creating Successful Employees in the 1st 90 Days January 11, 2007

On-Boarding: Creating Successful Employees in the 1st 90 Days

Nearly 40% of all executives fail in the first 18 months according to Fortune Magazine's interview with the Center for Leadership Studies. In a recent HR poll, 76% of companies said they will be installing or plan to install an on-boarding process compared to 46% in 2005. Organizations have come to realized that the successful assimilation, integration and enablement will produce optimal ROI on every hire by using on-boarding principles.

We will cover:
* Key factors and actionable steps to ensure successful on-boarding of new employees in the 1st 90 days.
* The most prevalent roadblocks to full productivity and key indicators of potential failure for new hires.
* Important steps to improve employee retention beyond the 1st 90 days.
* An overall roadmap from pre-boarding through on-boarding to "boarding" the organization's terrain.

Speaker
Patti Wilson, Career Company

Patti Wilson has over two decades of front line experience in career coaching and corporate recruiting. She has managed employment and career services for organizations such as Sun Microsystems, Apple, AMD, and Santa Clara University School of Engineering. She has also provided HR and organizational consulting to numerous emerging companies.

$15 SDForum Members; $25 Non-SDForum Members.

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