JourneysOnboarding
Best practices for communicating with your new hire
Journeys
Journeys
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New Hire Onboarding Journey
- Welcome to @companyname
- What to expect your first week
- Complete required training
- Bookmark these company resources
- We want your feedback! Take the pulse poll.
- Live our mission, vision & values
- Understand our company strategy
- Action required: Review and sign our company policies
- We want your feedback! Take the pulse poll.
- Navigating our company communication tools
- Learn our company lingo
- Bring your full self to work
- Take the 30-day onboarding survey
- Creating your goals
- Take the 90-day onboarding survey
- Hiring Manager Onboarding Journey
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Promotions Journey
- A heartfelt congratulations on your promotion
- Five things to do your first week
- Your first 1:1 meeting
- Your first team meeting
- Living our values
- People leader resources
- Leadership skills to get you started
- Recognizing your employees
- Understanding the performance process
- Developing your employees
- DEI and leading
- Recruiting and onboarding process
- Employee wellness
- Leading in your communication platform
- Employee Parental Leave
- Manager Parental Leave
- Other Leave
- Employee Bereavement Leave
- Manager of Employee on Bereavement Journey
- Manager Anniversary Reminder Journey
- Employee Anniversary Journey
- Manager Birthday Journey
- Employee Birthday Journey
- Employee Annual Performance Kickoff Employee Journey
- Manager Annual Performance Kickoff Journey
- Employee Performance Journey Quarterly Reminders
- Manager Performance Journey Quarterly Reminders
- Employee Mentorship Journey
- Manager Open Enrollment Journey
- Employee Open Enrollment Journey
- Employee Offboarding Journey
- Manager Offboarding Journey
- Interns Offboarding Journey
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Observances Journey
- New Year, New You
- Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Happy Lunar New Year
- Honoring Black History Month
- Women’s History Month
- International Women’s Day
- Celebrating Ramadan
- Transgender Day of Visibility
- National Volunteer Month
- Celebrating Earth Day
- Mental Health Month
- Pride Month
- Juneteenth
- Disability Pride Month
- National Hispanic Heritage Month
- World Alzheimer’s Awareness Day
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Indigenous Peoples’ Day
- World Mental Health Day
- Native American Heritage Month
- Day of the Dead
- Veterans Day
- Diwali
- International Volunteer Day
- Share your holiday moments
Message Template
Hi {@managername},
As {@employeename} begins their journey with {@companyname}, here are a few best practices for effective communication:
- Welcome message: Start with a warm welcome email, introducing yourself and expressing excitement about their joining.
- Clear expectations: Outline roles, responsibilities, and expectations early on to provide clarity. Be sure to create the 90-Day Onboarding plan using this template [link template].
- Regular check-ins: Schedule regular check-ins to gauge progress, address concerns, and foster open communication. These check-ins should be ongoing past onboarding.
- Feedback culture: Encourage a culture of constructive feedback, both giving and receiving, to promote continuous improvement.
- Accessibility: Ensure you’re accessible and approachable, making it easy for {@employeename} to reach out with questions or concerns. Identify each other’s preferred communications styles and how you will contact each other and provide updates.
Your communication plays a crucial role in {@employeename}’s successful integration. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Things to consider:
- Provide organization-specific guidance on what communication tools leaders should use to communicate with their new hires.
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