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3 Steps to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time
Webinar | HR Exchange Network | George Bradt | July 1, 2010
What if what if?
The projector could not recognize my laptop. No problem. I had 35mm slides. But the slide tray did not fit into the slide projector. No problem. I had overhead transparencies. Turned on the overhead projector. POP! Bulb blew. No spare bulb. No problem. I had paper...
Onboarding Basics
Three things can make a dramatic difference in onboarding success: (1) Get a head start before the start (2) Take control of your message (3) Build a high-performing team I’ve described them in other posts and in our first book, “The New Leader’s...
3 Communication Points
While there are all sorts of different ways to think about communication, for most of us, concentrating on three communication points can make a dramatic difference in our effectiveness. It leads to better preparation, better delivery, and better impact....
Why not
Two people used those two words with me over the past week, with very different meanings. Wilder Baker - Why Not Had breakfast with Wilder to talk about his ideas for his upcoming CEO Boot Camp dinner talk. (He's going to be awesome.) One of his...
Disruptive Onboarding
Onboarding is disruptive – by design. Sure, we talk a lot about the need for new leaders to assimilate into the organization, to adapt, to build relationships and the like. All those are true. They are important as ways to smooth the underlying...
The Stupid Edition of Intuition
Sometimes letting people trust their guts is a very good thing. Sometimes it’s not. Here’s one way to think about the difference. Conscious Competence Model Consider the conscious competence model. People learning new things move...
What does Walt want?
Well into the 1980s, decisions at The Walt Disney Company were driven by what people thought Walt wanted. I used to think the company was living in the past and this was an awful way to make decisions. Now I’ve come to realize the company was living in the past...
Simon Sinek on How Great Leaders Inspire Action
I was struck by Simon Sinek's TED video on How Great Leaders Inspire Action. (Those of you who are not familiar with the TED videos should stop reading right now and click through to www.TED.com and get familiar with them. Many of them are truly astounding.) One of...
Executive Onboarding
Video | Five O’Clock Club | George Bradt | May 7, 2010