Is Your Onboarding Program Setting Your Team Up for Success?

11/14/22 • 47 min

Bring Out the Talent: A Learning and Development Podcast

Research by the Brandon Hall Group found that organizations with a strong onboarding process improve new hire retention by 82% and productivity by over 70%. While creating a strategic employee onboarding process continues to be a key focus for many organizations, many miss the mark when it comes to building an effective new-hire program. In fact, a report from Gallup uncovered that 88% of organizations ‍don't onboard well at all!

What successful organizations have come to know and reinforce is that a successful onboarding program is ongoing, with an emphasis on fostering relationships and creating connectivity and much more than paperwork. In this episode of “Bring Out The Talent,” we are joined by Zakiya Khalfani. Zakiya is a Facilitator, Trainer, and Senior TTA Consultant with over 32 years of experience. She is passionate about helping organizations create onboarding programs that help increase success and retention.

Tune in as we learn how to onboard for long-term success!

Tune in as we learn how to onboard for long-term success!

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Bring Out the Talent: A Learning and Development Podcast - Is Your Onboarding Program Setting Your Team Up for Success?

Transcript

Zakiya Khalfani (00:00):

So we need to move away from these very generic descriptions. Our recruitment efforts, again, should be for the what. What do we need? What are we looking for? And being very specific and current.

Jocelyn Allen (