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Reinventing In agile and matrixed organisations projects, teams and partnerships are in
constant flux so clarity on expectations is vital – keep them clear, be consistent
Orientation and stay vocal.
Regularly go BIG and involve everyone in events to engage in meaningful
We deliberately chose the word onboarding conversations around your WHY, how you are changing and what they
for new employees induction into the need to do differently – be explicit.
business as it directly relates to the
‘employee experience’ journey. Orientation As the quantity and pace of change increases people become change weary.
has far wider applications – it is about You have to convince the employee who has been with you 15 years to ditch
preparation for each significant journey you their cynicism; and that they have not seen it all before because your
make as a business. Preparing people expectations are changing and they need to adapt – there is a new deal on the
collectively to co-create and deliver together. table. You need to convince the employee who has been with you 15 weeks to
Organisation wide team and skill building. up their game too and be change ready.
Reinvent how you resource and deliver such orientations as business
critical events – whether company wide or for projects – especially for projects.
You need the map before you go in the jungle. Often businesses are so
hardwired to go straight to task they choose to miss out the soft ‘people team
bit’.
Every time you roll out something new you need to think :
1) How do you use Air Traffic Control? Leaders and Managers need to
clear the airwaves of redundant plans, policies, initiatives and ideas that
impede what you are doing. Then lead, launch, get noticed and be heard.
2) What do you need and how do you best prepare people for this
journey ? – task, resources, environment, mindset and skillset? How do you
set yourself up to win.
3) How do you create an orientation that brings everyone up to
speed, involves them and engages them as a tribe; then gets them excited
and onboard to go the extra mile and do some great work. It should be an
engaging, practical, valuable and memorable experience.
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