Live Webinar – July 28th, 2015 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1  Category C  PDU – Free PDU

New employees offer promise & potential
For their employers.

In order to be successful, new employees must acclimate quickly to their new organization’s culture, structure, policies, procedures, and job expectations.

If this does not occur, the promise of a new employee can quickly become a liability.

Further, employees who are new to an organization, generally consume more resources then the value of their productivity (Rollag, Parise, & Cross, 2005).

It is critical for organizations to experience a return on their investment by means of increased productivity over time.

This will not happen if new employees fail to reach full productivity or leave the organization before they have an opportunity to contribute in a way that affects the organization’s performance outcomes and bottom line (Chang, Ehrlich, & Millen, 2004).

After the first three months, most new employees can perform functionally, understanding rules, regulations, processes, and governance.

However, if they do not develop personal connections both intellectually and socially, they will not experience continued growth in the organization (Chang, Ehrlich, & Millen, 2004).

Organizational socialization has a profound influence on new employee adjustment.

Onboarding is an acclimation process focused on integrating new employees into a company’s culture (Dai & De Meuse, 2007) both functionally and socially.

This presentation will explain the impact of utilizing a comprehensive onboarding program to improve new employee’s success.

Speakers:  Dr. Gia Suggs, MPH, MA, EdD (LinkedIn profile) is an Organization Development Consultant, Author of Onboarding: A Flightplan for Taking Your Workforce to New Heights, and an instructor for the Master of Organizational Leadership & Business Administration programs at Olivet Nazarene University. She is an organization development professional, adult learner expert, skilled instructional designer, and Author. With  over 20 years of organization development, human performance, and training experience, she has a track record of assessing organizational needs, developing and implementing recommendations for improved outcomes, and evaluating organizational results.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 9.2 Acquire Project Team
• 9.4  Manage Project Team

As a Category C “Self Directed Learning Activity” remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your “PDU Audit Trail Folder”

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