839 - Fresh Onboarding Designs; 170 Learning Sessions; Summer Reading List
August 26, 2014 Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - August 26, 2014.
#839 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
56,619 Readers - www.masie.com - twitter: emasie - The MASIE Center.
Host: Learning 2014 - Oct 26-29 - Orlando. 837 Registered Already.
1. Fresh Look at OnBoarding & Orientation Designs.
2. 170 Learning Sessions at Learning 2014.
3. Summer Reading List?
1. Fresh Look at Onboarding & Orientation Designs: Almost every day, I facilitate a briefing with the learning leaders of one of our 230 Learning CONSORTIUM corporate members. Our conversations are steered by each company’s key interests, challenges or changes in learning approaches. One theme has been popping to the top of almost every briefing:
“Can we take a fresh design look at employee onboarding, orientation or position shifting learning activities?”
While organizations are adding new learning technologies and methodologies, the world of “Welcome to Your New Role” interventions has not radically evolved. Organizations are seeking new ways to structure the early experiences of new hires as well as assist as employees step up to new roles. It is helpful to “take apart” the elements of orientation/onboarding:
* Induction Activities - Welcome to Our Culture.
* Information About the Organization.
* Compliance/Regulatory/HR Requirement Exposures.
* Exposure to Leaders and Mission.
* The “Language” of the Organization/Role.
* Skills Assessment/Competency Mapping.
* Connection to Colleagues/Communities/Mentors.
* Skills for Accessing IT and Systems.
* Tips for Success.
As we look at each element, organizations can ask Timing, Intensity and Delivery design questions. Can that topic be handled by streamed video even before the person accepts the role? Is that most effective on Day One or should it wait until the employee has 3 weeks in the job? How do we add Personalization to the process? What are the metrics to measure the effectiveness of changing the Onboarding process?
In the coming months, The MASIE Center will be looking at shifts in how organizations are radically changing Orientation and Onboarding. We are eager to chat with organizations that are designing for shifts in this field - ala Zappos - where they offer an incentive for early departure of people in the wrong roles. Send me a note to emasie@masie.com if you have some projects or experiments to share.
2. 170 Learning Sessions at Learning 2014. We are in the final stages of designing almost 170 learning sessions, workshops, labs and conversations for Learning 2014 (Oct 26 - 29 in Orlando). Today we are able to post the list with a large sample of the sessions and organizations that are facilitating these learning options. Go to: http://www.learning2014.com/sessions1
3. Summer Reading List? As the summer comes to an end in North America (sigh??), I am always curious about the books that learning colleagues have read - in the living room or on the beach. Mine this summer included:
* Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning.
* “They Say / I Say”: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing.
* The Star Agency (Science Fiction)
Please send me your list and we will make an aggregated list of books from our Learning TRENDS readers. Send to emasie@masie.com
Yours in learning,
Elliott Masie
email: emasie@masie.com
twitter: @emasie
MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Learning 2014 - October 2014 - Orlando, Florida.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com - twitter: emasie