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5TALENT MANAGEMENT ISSUE5 The Executive Entrance onboarding program and provided percent of their revenue came from positive feedback. Crocker says shipping documents. “We had to reinthey’ve seen solid results and convent ourselves, and we did,” Maguire • Decide whether to use internal or external tinue to build on the process. says. “All of this was made possible by talent for onboarding executives. “We’ve found this onboarding proour tightly run training and develop• Educate new executives on the company’s gram has helped new leaders come ment organization.” culture and politics. in and go after the important Bishop believes the investment made • Enable executives to see the organization’s big stuff,” she says. “They’re much by companies to onboard pays off “big picture. more focused on getting quick time.” He contrasts that with the finan• Have executives start meeting with their new wins and results through people, cial consequences of losing an team early and often. and we’ve had some good cultural executive. “It costs you for another • Arrange one-on-one meetings with peers. fits because of it. Our executives recruiting, downtime, and for oppor• Establish an initial set of priorities and have tunities lost,” says Bishop, who then who completed this program are execs take action. describes another way it hurts the comtalented people anyway, but it • Identify potential “derailers.” pany that’s difficult to measure: “You enabled them to get off on the right • Hold progress checks every 30 to 45 days. demoralize people if you keep bringing foot and get some results from the • Prepare executives to move into the next company standpoint. We’ve seen on executives who don’t make it.” stage for additional learning and action. that both in financial and nonWhile most onboarding programs financial results.” last 90 to 180 days, Benjack Glatzer says executives must Maguire himself experienced the benefits of onboarding at think well beyond that and establish themselves as real leadFedEx. Before adopting the program, he described it as a chaotic ers in the company. “They should ask: How am I going to scene with everybody running in different directions. He saw the ensure that when I leave, that I have a positive legacy?” she program pay off when the company faced major challenges, such says. “Executives are not thinking enough about that. They’re as when the fax machine emerged in the 1980s. At that time, 50 so short-term focused.” t QUICK TIPS live+online events KIRKPATRICK 4-LEVEL EVALUATION Don Kirkpatrick, Author, “Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels”; and Jim Kirkpatrick, Coauthor, “Implementing the Four Levels” Starts 10/14 ROI FUNDAMENTALS Jack Phillips and Patti Phillips, Coauthors, “The Value of Learning” and “Show Me the Money”; and Caroline Hubble, Dir., Consulting Services, ROI Institute Starts 11/3 SECOND LIFE BASIC DESIGN Karl M. Kapp, Author, “Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning”; and Matthew Monahan, Second Life Designer/Developer, Bloomsburg U. Starts 11/4 CREATING E-LEARNING WITH FLASH Chris Florio, Professor, Interactive Media, New England Institute of Art Starts 11/6 TRAINING INSTRUCTOR: ACCELERATED LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM Sharon Bowman, Author, “Preventing Death by Lecture” Starts 11/18 2008 Online Certificate Programs E-LEARNING DESIGN Ray Jimenez, Author, “3-Minute e-Learning” Starts 9/8 PRODUCING GREAT AUDIO AND VIDEO PODCASTS Jonathan Finkelstein, Author, “Learning in Real Time” Starts 9/9 TALENT MANAGEMENT AND SUCCESSION PLANNING Doris Sims, Author, “Building Tomorrow’s Talent” Starts 9/9 STRATEGIC AND SYSTEMS THINKING Stephen Haines, Author, “Strategic and Systems Thinking: The Winning Formula” Starts 9/22 CRAFTING INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES Peter Honebein, Author, “Strategies for Effective Customer Education” Starts 10/16 LEADING EFFECTIVE LIVE ONLINE LEARNING EVENTS Jonathan Finkelstein, Author, “Learning in Real Time” Starts 10/17 TRAINING MANAGER Jean Barbazette, Author, “Managing the Training Function For Bottom-Line Results” Starts 10/24 ADVANCED E-LEARNING DESIGN Ray Jimenez, Author, “3-Minute e-Learning” Starts 11/3 BUSINESS ACUMEN FOR TRAINERS: SKILLS TO EMPOWER THE TRAINING FUNCTION Ajay M. Pangarkar, Coauthor, “Building Business Acumen for Trainers” Starts 9/24 POWERPOINT FOR WEB TRAINING Eric R. Parks, Author of upcoming workbook “PowerPoint for Web-Based Training” Starts 10/2 BASIC SOCIAL NETWORKING Ray Jimenez, Author, “3-Minute e-Learning” Starts 10/3 Save $100—register now with Discount Code tme97f online. Visit www.TrainingLiveandOnline.com to register or view full certificate descriptions. 48 | J U LY / AUGUST 2008 t r a i n i n g w w w. t r a i n i n g m a g . c o m http://www.TrainingLiveandOnline.com http://www.trainingmag.com

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