Few organizations have manager onboarding programs, but they are key to equipping managers with the tools they need to be successful from day one. In A Road Map for Onboarding Managers, Sharlyn Lauby details how proper onboarding prepares managers to start their role confident, engaged, and better able to serve as an employee coach and mentor-both of which are critical to an organization's bottom line. This issue of TD at identifies why managers need their own onboarding program outlines a step-by-step process for developing a manager onboarding program offers a checklist for a new manager buddy program provides a template for developing a new manager onboarding program.
Sharlyn Lauby is an author, writer, speaker, and consultant. She has been named a Top HR Digital Influencer and is best-known for her work on HR Bartender (www.hrbartender.com), a friendly place to talk about workplace issues. HR Bartender has been recognized as one of the Top 5 Blogs Read by HR professionals by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and best business blog by the Stevie Awards.
Publications such as Reuters, The New York Times, ABC News, TODAY, and The Wall Street Journal have sought out her expertise on topics related to human resources and the workplace.
Her personal goal in life is to find the best cheeseburger on the planet.