A Resource List for Onboarding Implementation
If you’ve downloaded our Modern Onboarding Blueprint you’ve got access to a first-rate comprehensive strategy for building a more effective, engaging onboarding experience.
Of course, that’s just the start. Wherever you are on that journey, you’ll be looking for more statistics, background, references, and ideas as you dig in and level up your onboarding.
You’re in the right place! Here in Enboarder’s blog and resource library we have scores of interesting articles and webinars to help you up your onboarding game. As you execute on the Modern Onboarding Blueprint, we thought it might be helpful to have a quick list for further reading – or watching.
Below is the 5-step checklist we included in the Blueprint. Here we’ve annotated each step with a shortlist of resources we think will be helpful along the way.
Let’s jump in.
Step 1 – Ask Yourself: What level is my onboarding at currently?
Use the Onboarding Maturity Model to determine which level your company is at. The goal? Get to level four!
Further reading (and watching) list:
- How Mature is Your Onboarding?
- Future-Proof Your Workforce: A Roadmap to Success with Assessments, Analytics, and Next-Level Onboarding
- Building a Business Case for Employee Onboarding Software
- How These 5 Leading Employers Are Using Employee Onboarding Software to Blow the Minds of New Hires
Step 2 – Choose a pilot segment
You can start small and find a segment of your business to pilot experience-driven
onboarding before expanding to the rest of the organization. Which onboarding experience do you want to fix first? Where are you having the most trouble with new hire churn? What does the current onboarding process look like in that segment?
Further reading (and watching) list:
- How to Build Engagement and Drive Action in Your HR Programs
- Using a Pilot to Build Your Business Case for Experience-Driven Onboarding
- How Lonza Achieved a 99% Engagement Rate On Their Onboarding Programs
- A Step-by-Step Roadmap To Running An Effective Onboarding Focus Group
Step 3 – Design your pilot by applying the model
Apply the 4C model to determine how to change the journey. Which C is missing? Is human connection at the center of your journey? How can you add an experience layer to each moment?
Further reading (and watching) list:
- The Four C’s of Onboarding. And One E that Rules Them All
- Rethinking the Employee-Employer Connection
- Experience-Driven Virtual Onboarding Template
- Experience-Driven Onboarding Assists TomTom in the War for Talent
Step 4 – Measure success
Use satisfaction surveys as your leading indicator. Align this data to your key business metrics. Test and learn (does adding a buddy or mentor program impact your metrics?)
Further reading (and watching) list:
- Is Employee Connection a Better Metric Than Employee Engagement?
- 8 Ways Pulse Surveys Help You Build a Better Organization
- Why You Need an Experience Layer For Your HRIS
- What is the Cost of Employee Turnover for your Business?
Step 5 – Time to scale journeys into additional moments in the employee journey
Which other moments in the employee experience could use a refresh? How can you apply the 4C model to transitions, learning & development, parental leave, and even offboarding?
Further reading (and watching) list:
- Enboarder: Elevate Employee Experience Beyond Onboarding
- Gamify Training and Induction for Your New Hire
- Building Engagement Throughout the Employee Lifecycle
- Reboarding Employees to Build Human Connections
Looking for more hands-on help mapping your onboarding journey? Download the full Modern Onboarding Blueprint or contact us today to connect with our team to learn how Enboarder can help you up-level your onboarding experience.