Employee Onboarding: From Entry-Level to Senior Executive

Imagine yourself walking into the office on the first day of your very first real full-time job. You are terrified. There is so much you need to learn and you are hoping you won't make some huge embarrassing mistakes.

Imagine yourself walking into the office on the first day of your new position as Senior Vice-President of a company. You need to "hit the ground running" and aren't even sure where to find your personal office.

Imagine yourself having accepted a position via phone and e-mail and are now about to start working from your desk in your second bedroom at home. You aren't even sure how to communicate with anyone - or who to communicate with in this new company where almost everyone works remotely.

Imagine yourself as the HR professional responsible for creating policy and procedures to onboard all these people with different experience, needs, and wants.

 What do they have in common?  What are the critical differences you need to take into account in order to make each of them comfortable, as well as making sure they are legally compliant, understand and agree to company policy and procedures, respect and agree to comply with the company culture, and of course have everything they need in order to make them successful in their new jobs.

Some companies have formal New Employee Orientation Programs and we will share some of their ideas as well.

In this course we will attempt to give you enough information to effectively onboard employees at all levels into what for them is a new organization.

• Human Resources Role in Onboarding Employees
• The needs of the Entry-Level Employee
  • Roles and Responsibilities in the Workplace
  • How do I dress
  • What time should I show up
  • Personal/Social Concerns
  • Day One thoughts
• The basics:  Creating comfort for the entry-level new employee and others
  • The physical environment and needs
  • About the company
• Onboading the new employee who has prior work experience
  • The “hard” stuff
  • Legal requirements
  • Policy and procedures
  • Chain of command
  • Review of Responsibilities
  • Physical and Technical needs
• The soft-stuff
• Onboarding the Executive
  • Taking care of the Executive
  • Relocation help
  • Expectations
• Onboarding the person not in your location
  • In a satellite location
  • Home - or alone in a different location
  • Teams working remotely
• New employee orientation
• Three months later
• About the company itself
• Employee Services
• Compliance Training
• Miscellaneous Information
• The lonely employee

Because the more help you give or receive as a new employee the faster you can get up to speed and be an active contributor to your organization. This course is especially important for anyone responsible for helping another person get acclimated.

• Anyone Responsible for Onboarding or Managing an Employee new to the company
• From Entry-Level Employee to Senior Executive - all will benefit

ArLyne Diamond, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized Leadership, Management, Professional Development and O-D consultant specializing in people and processes in the workplace.  Multifaceted, Dr. Diamond has extensive experience in a wide range of disciplines (business, education, management, marketing, business ownership, psychology – and some economics and law as well.)  This enables her to see things from a variety of angles and to cleave to the essence of a problem quickly, offering her clients creative and practical solutions.

As the President and Founder of her consulting firm, Diamond Associates, which was established in 1981, Dr. Diamond’s clients range from boards of directors and upper management to support staff in many industries, both public and private.  This includes small business and professional practices, corporations, associations, service/charity organizations and government agencies (including police and fire.) She works with individuals, teams and large groups. Dr. Diamond trains Boards of Directors and teaches several courses to board members and those striving for board appointments.

She is well known for her skill in large and small group process, including workshops in strategic planning, change management, conflict resolution, system streamlining, communication, management of people and projects, as well as board of directors development, committee and team training.  

Her executive consulting/coaching and mentoring of individuals includes helping new CEOs grow into their position and learn how to create and work with executive teams, stakeholders, and others in their organization.

Dr. Diamond taught a wide range of MBA university courses in Business, Organizational Development, Quality, Change Management, Persuasion/ Negotiation, Marketing and Leadership and others. She also taught a series of Psychology courses to graduate and undergraduate students..  

Born into a family and culture of service to others, ArLyne has been involved with many associations, service and charity organizations.  A listing in available under Community Service on her website: www.DiamondAssociates.net.   She is currently active in politics and Rotary.  She recently completed approximately two years of volunteering to in ProMatch, an organization dedicated to helping those out of work, where she offers workshops and a weekly drop-in helping people with finding themselves, resumes, interview skills and landing the job.  

A prolific writer, she has published hundreds of articles and five books.  (A listing of published articles can best be found by Googling her.) In addition, Dr. Diamond publishes a monthly newsletter, “Diamonds to You” and is a guest writer for several newspapers.

Dr. Diamond is offering on-line courses through Illumeo (formerlyProformative’ Academy.)

Her published books are:

Training Your Board of Directors:  A Manual for the CEOs, Board Members. Administrators and Executives of Corporations, Associations, Non-Profit and Religious Organizations.

The “Please” and “Thank You” of Fund-Raising for Non-Profits

Conflict in the Workplace:  Causes and Cures

Leading and Managing a Global Workforce

Culture:  Inside the Company and Outside the Country

Conducting Workplace Investigations:  Designated Investigator

She is currently completing two other books, one will be Roles and Responsibilities in the Workplace – which will accompany employee handbooks and the other is Managing for Creativity.

ArLyne Diamond, Ph.D. appears on radio and television and speaks to associations and community organization on a wide range of topics.  Her style is informal, friendly, and informative.

Like a Diamond, using ArLyne Diamond, Ph.D. as your consultant will prove to be a wise investment that appreciates in value over time.