Coaching Solutions

Corporate Coaching—Executive Onboarding

Executive Onboarding helps new leaders get a running start with a coaching experience focused on accelerating strategic plans, designing key alliances, developing their team and identifying cultural nuances unique to their new organization. Best-in-class organizations identify and proactively manage their new executive’s potential obstacles to success.

Strategic onboarding programs can increase a new leader’s effectiveness, satisfaction and retention, while helping companies maximize the return on their recruiting investment. It requires the active participation and partnership of several key people over the course of the engagement:

Newly hired leader
External Coach
HR Manager
Hiring Manger/new leader’s boss

Common Pitfalls that Derail Newly Hired Executives:
Misaligned performance expectations
Undeveloped internal networks
Key stakeholders not identified in timely manner
No structure to ensure that the Hiring Manager is fully and consistently engaged
Feedback and coaching not provided in a timely manner
Short-term results focus without long-term vision creation
Lack of resources to navigate through the new organization
Unwillingness to learn from past performance
Lack of communication and alignment with their new team
Cultural conflicts/poor cultural fit
Pressure to perform early on because objectives and timeframes are out of sync
Colleague resentment
Failure to learn the unwritten rules
Dropping the ball on short-term deliverables

Transitioning into any new role is a process of navigating through several different steps and stages. Executive Onboarding is a tool with which to expedite that process to the benefit of both the new hire and their new organization. As an added benefit, the newly hired Executive learns the steps and skills necessary to help their new hires through the process as well, spreading the process and benefits deeper within the organization.

 Corporate Coaching—Onboarding Coaching Impact