Onboarding helps the executive more quickly adapt to the employer's culture, create rapport with his or her immediate team and find productive ways to achieve necessary goals.
you read The Wall Street Journal article that reported assimilation coaches are helping newly hired executives to manage the transition from the first day? "It's a result of the job market," says Bernadette Kenny, an executive vice president at Lee Hecht Harrison, an outplacement-counseling firm in Woodcliff Lake, NJ. "More organizations are making senior leadership changes and bringing in talent from the outside. So these people have to be effective as quickly as possible."
Many executives fear that their subordinates will learn how inadequate they feel in their new jobs. Some are looking for help managing in today's faster, cheaper, better global economy. Although hiding vulnerabilities is hardly new, this concern has been exacerbated by a new fear of either becoming obsolete or technology-driven toast in a world of business transformation. "I've never seen businesspeople have to fake it more," says B. Joseph White, past business school dean & interim president at the University of Michigan and now president of the University of Illinois.
Today, new managers don't have to fake it when they have access to an executive or business coach. Executive development and the creation of productive relationships start by achieving clarity. Clarity begins when the executive is directly connected to a coach.
The practical realities of your situation may not allow for a coach. After all, a coach can be expensive and if your company isn't willing to pay for it, you may not want to bear the expense yourself. Click here for some personal coaching costs and monthly plan options. Click here for self-directed learning books on leadership like, "You're in Charge--Now What?" to prepare you for your onboarding experience.
What happens when attempt to take on a new position without a personal onboarding coach?