Is a new employee joining your team? Introducing a new team member is usually a welcome event that signals increased capacity and work efficiency of the team. However, it naturally takes some time before the new employee is able to engage fully in the work process and make a genuine contribution to the team. So here are some tips on ensuring a new team member can prove their worth as quickly as possible.
Well executed onboarding
As stated in an article on LinkedIn Pulse, a high quality onboarding process, namely introducing a new employee into the existing team, is fundamental. As well as welcoming the new employee among current subordinates, this primarily involves a high quality and well structured initial training system, covering everything the employee needs to know.
Participation in meetings
An effective way to train a new employee is their physical presence at meetings with superiors and colleagues. People learn best not from theory but from practice, which is why it is beneficial to integrate a new colleague into real meetings with business partners, colleagues and customers as soon as possible.
Buddy system
Assign a "buddy" to the new employee, in other words a senior colleague whom they can ask anything at any time. A buddy is not a mentor, but simply a colleague designated to help the new employee with practical matters related to the new work environment.
Open communication within the team
High quality onboarding of a new colleague requires open and effective communication within the team, operating under a system that the new employee can easily join.
Opportunity for individual initiative
One way to make work easier for a new member of the sales team is to give them space for their own creativity and individual approach. Set only the most basic work rules and leave the rest to the personal approach of the employee that best suits them.
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