Effective Onboarding (What Works in Talent Development) - Softcover

Davila, Norma; Pina-Ramirez, Wanda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1947308602 ISBN 13: 9781947308602

Publisher: Association for Talent Development, 2018

Synopsis

Onboarding turns the key, opening the door to talent development

Investing in onboarding means investing in employee success and the business of the future. Effective onboarding programs both increase and facilitate employee engagement and business results; onboarding shortens the employee learning curve by increasing job knowledge. If you need to design, revise, or expand your company's onboarding program, Effective Onboarding offers a simple-to-follow path forward.

Talent development experts Norma Dávila and Wanda Piña-Ramírez combine their significant consulting experience and the latest onboarding trends to create a single source for onboarding best practices, job aids, templates, and checklists. Also included are examples and stories based on real-life situations the authors have encountered in their practice. While many books about onboarding limit their approach to employee recruitment and selection, this book is more comprehensive, following employees through their first year on the job. Effective Onboarding clarifies the differences between orientation and onboarding, describes how to build a business case for your onboarding program, and guides you to design, implement, evaluate, and sustain the program that's right for your organization.

Effective Onboarding is part of a new ATD series, What Works in Talent Development, which addresses the most critical topics facing today's talent development practitioners. Each book in the series is written for trainers, by trainers, and offers a clear, step-by-step path to solve real issues.

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About the Author

Norma Dávila is a certified career development strategist who guides clients through targeted introspection and self-assessments to identify strengths and interests before embarking on career changes. Her approach to career coaching positions her clients to gain the self-confidence to present themselves as the best candidate during job interviews. A certified resume writer by PARW/CC, Norma adapts her advice to best suit client professional experience and aspirations. A firm believer in the value of networks, she steers them to optimize every opportunity to connect with others. A natural talent developer, Norma focuses her practice on entry-level and midcareer professionals, and has supported employees from industries including banking, technology, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, dairy products, aerospace manufacturing, retail sales, risk management, and funeral services. She is recognized for communicating complex ideas in easy-to-understand terms and introducing concrete examples to which they can relate. Norma specializes in designing and delivering learning experiences that lay the groundwork to acquire and strengthen competencies and skills on topics such as team development, business writing, customer service, performance management, employee communications, and transition management. She is a Society for Human Resource Management Senior Certified Professional, and has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Yale University and master’s and doctoral degrees in psychology from the University of Chicago.

 

Wanda Piña-Ramírez is an action-driven, strategic management and executive consultant with a proven track record of contributing to the bottom line in companies spanning from multinational corporations to small businesses located in Puerto Rico, the continental United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Her innovative and open-minded consulting style is an asset when dealing with ambiguity and challenging business situations. As the longest-serving member of AON Puerto Rico’s Mejores Patronos (Best Employers) Committee, she has firsthand knowledge of industries as diverse as restaurants, insurance, medical laboratories, pharmaceuticals, hospitality, banking, pharmacy information systems, general information processing, and building materials. Wanda is certified as a coach from the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, as a practitioner in neurolinguistic programming and applied kinesiology by the International NLP Trainers Association, as a human resources administrator by the Escuela Avanzada de Administración de Recursos Humanos y Legislación Laboral de Puerto Rico, and as a legal intercessor for cases of domestic violence and aggression in Puerto Rico. She is a frequent guest on radio and television programs, where she brings together the legal and business components of talent development and human resources management, tackling such topics as business metrics, labor law, sexual harassment, and domestic violence. Wanda also contributes her expert opinion on the latest issues affecting today’s workforce to news outlets and other forums.

 

Wanda and Norma are business partners in The Human Factor Consulting Group, senior consultants for AON, and subject matter experts, program facilitators, and program translators for SHRM specializing in Latin America. They are both certified DDI facilitators and co-authors of Cutting Through the Noise (ASTD Press 2013) and Passing the Torch (ATD Press 2015). They’ve also written articles in TD and multiple blogs, and presented at ATD’s International Conference & Exposition, SHRM’s Talent Management Conference, SHRM’s Conference Preview Workshops, ATD’s México Summit, and Ellevate.

Review

“An effective onboarding program is important to talent engagement and retention. Norma and Wanda show how to get it right and connect onboarding to business value, all in one easy-to-read book with useful tools and templates.”

—Jack Phillips

Chairman, ROI Institute

Author, The Business Case for Learning

 

“Extraordinary onboarding starts during recruitment, before employees are hired. Effective Onboarding takes you on a practical journey from defining onboarding, to the rationale and logistics, to timing and rollout, and finally to sustainability and your plans for the future. It’s all there.”

—Elaine Biech

Author, ATD’s Foundations of Talent Development and The Business of Consulting

               

“Effective Onboarding shows how a company's strategic priority can focus on the engagement and development of its employees’ potential, capacities, skills, and expertise. This book provides an invaluable benefit for employees, employers, executives, managers, and trainers.”

—Víctor Rivera-Hernández

Former Secretary of Labor, Puerto Rico

Professor, University of Puerto Rico

 

“Remember your last onboarding experience? Neither do I. I still can't figure out why this extremely important step is so undervalued. Norma Davila and Wanda Pina-Ramirez have written a book that will immediately serve as every organization's GPS.”

—Jim "Mr. Energy" Smith Jr.

President and CEO, Jim Smith Jr. International

 

“Not just a biz-speak buzz-word, onboarding can seem both elusive and overwhelming. But it's a crucial period in creating top performance. Thankfully, the authors have created a hands-on manual that will help you revise or build an excellent onboarding program start to finish.”

—Halelly Azulay

Author, Employee Development on a Shoestring

Host, The TalentGrow Show Leadership Podcast

Edition details

• Publisher: Association for Talent Development
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1947308602
• ISBN 13: 9781947308602
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 200