Integrated On-boarding Drives Alignment: Best Practices for On-boarding Design & Implementation

January 27, 2009

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Particularly, in developing program mechanics, content and materials, it is important to reflect your unique brand rather than copy and paste a program from another organization. Engaging stakeholders in a pilot and collecting feedback will capture the refinements needed. Feedback collected throughout the implementation and the program’s lifetime will cause stakeholders to pay attention to metrics that communicate success.

Design is where the integration opportunity with other talent management practices, such as performance management and learning systems, allows HR to leverage existing assets, advised Mark Stein from Kaiser Associates. Finding the owners of these systems components creates an opportunity to break through silos, creating truly integrated talent management.

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