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Successful employee onboarding
Onboarding does not end on an employee's first day. Structure a journey that clarifies expectations, facilitates introductions and supports settling into the role. Strengthen HR-manager coordination to make arrival more consistent and support engagement.
- Duration
- 2 days 14 hours
- Code
- RH032FR Code
Presentation
Successful onboarding is a strategic driver of retention, performance and employer branding. Yet many employees leave prematurely because of an unstructured induction journey, causing significant costs and loss of skills.
This 2-day course equips managers and HR teams to design and deploy effective onboarding. You will learn to structure every stage (before, during and after arrival), define roles and adopt a supportive management approach that encourages engagement from day one.
The aim is to turn onboarding into a driver of sustained performance. You will leave with practical tools to track skills development, manage early signs of demotivation and ensure a successful employee experience that supports talent retention.
Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- understand the strategic challenges (cost, image, engagement) and key stages of new employee onboarding;
- design a structured onboarding journey (welcome guide, buddy support, training) suited to the role and company culture;
- adopt a supportive, engaging management approach (availability, listening) from the employee's arrival to create a sense of belonging;
- implement monitoring tools (newcomer feedback reports) and onboarding assessments to measure process success;
- reduce early turnover and strengthen new starter engagement by enhancing the employee experience.
Program
Module 1: understand successful onboarding's challenges and foundations
- Onboarding as a strategic HR and management driver (retention, employer branding).
- Analysing onboarding failure causes and their impact on performance.
- Defining the respective roles of manager, HR, buddy and employee.
- Selecting success and satisfaction indicators for the onboarding journey.
Experience sharing
- Share onboarding successes and failures to identify best practices.
Module 2: design a structured, motivating onboarding journey
- Structuring key stages (preboarding, day one and follow-up).
- Creating a comprehensive welcome programme: content, stakeholders and materials (guides, digital resources).
- Defining onboarding objectives suited to different roles and profiles.
- Involving peers and management to facilitate integration.
Practical exercise
- Build a model onboarding journey for a target role within the company.
Module 3: manage onboarding and support skills development
- Adopting the key behaviours of a welcoming manager (availability and clarity).
- Establishing close follow-up and providing constructive feedback.
- Techniques for encouraging autonomy and cultural integration.
- Detecting and managing early signs of adjustment difficulties or demotivation.
Simulation exercise
- Conduct a 30-day onboarding review using a newcomer feedback report.
Module 4: evaluate and improve onboarding arrangements
- Evaluating effectiveness through employee feedback and surveys.
- Measuring onboarding's impact on retention rates and performance.
- Continuously improving the programme based on results.
- Building on best practices to demonstrate the HR approach's value.
Practical exercise
- Develop an action plan to optimise existing onboarding arrangements.
Audience
This course is intended for everyone involved in welcoming new starters and ensuring their success, including:
- line managers and team leaders welcoming employees and ensuring their readiness and wellbeing;
- HR managers and HR development officers designing induction policy and managing the overall onboarding process;
- mentors and buddies supporting recruits as they discover the company and their role;
- directors and business leaders seeking to reduce turnover and strengthen company culture from recruitment onwards.
Prerequisites
This course requires the following prerequisites:
- Professional experience: involvement in welcoming or managing new employees as a manager, HR professional or mentor is necessary to benefit from discussions.
- Basic knowledge: basic understanding of HR processes and the employee lifecycle.
Teaching and assessment methods
- Initial skills assessment
- Training materials provided to participants
- Continuous assessment throughout the course
- End-of-course feedback questionnaire
- Combination of theory and practical application
- Attendance records
- Post-course follow-up evaluation
- Practical exercises
Course highlights
- A people-centred approach: emphasis on relationships, welcoming employees and conveying company culture.
- Practical, reusable tools: leave with journey templates, checklists and interview frameworks to build your arrangements.
- Practical cases and lessons learned: analyse real practices from successful organisations for inspiration and to avoid pitfalls.
- Collaborative workshops: co-create tools and action plans in groups, supporting immediate adoption of methods.
Dates and sessions
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No upcoming sessions are currently available.