Corporate Onboarding for Managers
Training developed by SSGI and its founder Barry Shore PhD, University of New Hampshire Prof. Emeritus.
New people are hired with many expectations. We expect them to fit into the culture of the organization, and to bring a minimum of skills that every employee must bring to the job. We expect them to protect organizational assets such as IT systems, we expect them to contribute to the development and execution of efficient processes, and we expect them support a fair and equitable workplace environment.
If we hire at the management level, we also expect them to understand basic management skills. We expect them to know what works and what doesn’t. Building competence in these areas, however, requires training, and the reality is that many new hires may not have had formal training in them, and if they have, then the training may need to be refreshed.
So, when a person is hired, it does make sense to consider providing them with some training.
Beyond the improvement in their skill sets, training all new hires does create a common vocabulary or shared culture extending across the entire organization.
There are, of course, many different areas in which training might occur. Some are much better undertaken by the organization itself through its HR department or by contracting with training companies to tailor the training to the needs of the organization.
But there remains many areas, that can be addressed through online training that address common challenges. The new hire can then complete these programs as a condition for employment or can be given several weeks to complete them after starting employment.
SSGI has created several onboarding courses to meet this need for supervisors and managers.
They include the following:
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Process Efficiency (Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certification Included!)
- Basic Leadership
One course does not usually cover the full range of issues to which new hires should be exposed. While these courses can be taken separately, we have also combined them into single onboarding package.
Each chapter in these courses includes a set of questions. Upon successful completion of an exam at the end of the course, a certificate of completion is awarded.
The courses are short but substantive. It will take the average person in the range of 2-4 hours to complete each one.
Each course has been written by Professor Barry Shore and reflects his reader-friendly writing style.
