3 Top Tips for Emotionally Connected Onboarding

<p><strong><em>Effective onboarding means making an emotional connection with our new starters. Here&rsquo;s three practical ways to achieve that.</em></strong></p> <p>Emotionally connecting with new starters is incredibly important to the onboarding process. Here in Part Two of my discussion on the subject with David Larter we look at some tips on how to go about this.<strong>&nbsp;David joins me from&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.sendjolly.com.au/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Jolly</strong></a><strong>, which makes it easier for companies to sort and distribute high-quality branded merchandise</strong>&nbsp;to their team and customers.</p> <p><strong>I have looked at different aspects of onboarding in previous podcasts and posts, because it is such an important component of employee engagement</strong>. Have a look at my podcast&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amplifyhr.com.au/find-grow-keep-podcast-series-2-episodes/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 6: Getting New Hires Up to Speed Quickly</a>, and also my previous post on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amplifyhr.com.au/standardise-onboarding-with-these-3-simple-tools/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Standardising Onboarding</a>.</p> <p>You can find the first part of our discussion on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amplifyhr.com.au/the-importance-of-emotional-connection-in-onboarding/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">emotionally connecting with new starters here</a>. In that discussion, we started to talk about&nbsp;<strong>David&rsquo;s experiences with great onboarding, as well as onboarding that perhaps wasn&rsquo;t so fantastic</strong>.</p> <p>David gave a great analogy of being on an aeroplane and looking at the flight map details on the screen in the back of the seat in front of you.&nbsp;<strong>When you start at an organisation, the onboarding process should be like having a flight map</strong>&nbsp;&mdash; you need to know exactly where you&rsquo;re at, where you&rsquo;re going and when you can expect to arrive. It reduces the anxiety of onboarding. So welcome back, David.</p> <p>What are your<strong>&nbsp;top tips on what people can practically do to improve their onboarding&nbsp;</strong>programme?</p> <p><a href="https://karen-amplifyhr.medium.com/3-top-tips-for-emotionally-connected-onboarding-75eb5039d0ad"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>