Do you remember your mother telling you not to swim alone – especially in rough conditions? She was right. Bringing someone onboard a team in this business environment is exactly one of those situations where people should not swim alone. Don’t let them. They won’t like what happens. Your mother won’t like what happens.
Perhaps our most important learning regarding onboarding people is that they can’t do it on their own – whether they’re joining from inside or outside the organization. Their most important swim buddy is their boss, closely followed by peers, subordinates, mentors, coaches, and outside helpers like us. Like most things, acquiring, accommodating, assimilating, and accelerating new team members works best when people work together.
- ACQUIRE: Identify, recruit, select, and get people to join the team.
- ACCOMMODATE: Give new team members the tools they need to do work.
- ASSIMILATE: Help them join with others so they can do work together.
- ACCELERATE: Help them (and their team) deliver better results faster.
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When you have a big company, you have a lot of people who need to know “the big picture.”
AEP ranks among the nation’s largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. We also own the nation’s largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile network. Our 22,000 employees are spread across 11 states, seven operating companies, and multiple locations. This vast, diverse network of operations created the challenge of providing an engaging and consistent view of AEP for our employees – especially those who are new to the company. [Read full article]