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A Strategic Approach to Induction: Engage your Talent from Day One

Get key insights into the dynamics surrounding `on-boarding` and connect the dots in your organisation to develop a scheme that is strategic - and examine how its impact can be monitored and evaluated

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Overview

Induction training to help you with the business critical issue of talent management. 

UK organisations are losing up to £2 billion a year in employee productivity due to inefficient induction processes. With the considerable investment of time and resources into identifying and recruiting key talent, organisations really cannot afford to fall down with a sub-standard induction programme.

Making your ‘on-boarding’ and induction programme strategic requires careful planning and integration at all levels of the business. Induction has moved from an administrative HR process to strategic, integrated talent management. By understanding the needs and ensuring the strategic linkages, HR can champion and facilitate the design of a scheme that cascades throughout all levels of the organisation.

This interactive strategic approach to induction seminar provides key insights into the dynamics surrounding ‘on-boarding’ and will help you develop a scheme that is strategic - and examine how its impact can be monitored and evaluated.

Effective employee induction will kick start an employee’s engagement from day one through cultural alignment, the establishment of key relationships, unlocking of potential and discretionary effort and a sense of immediate ‘belonging’. All of which result in measurably enhanced engagement, productivity and performance levels.

Seminar Highlights

  • Understand the critical role of induction on an individual`s level of engagement and performance, impacting their intention to stay, capability and motivation to perform
  • Examine the role of the line manager, and appointing team/department in the induction process and activity
  • Learn how to maximise individuals` engagement from day one
  • The role of branding, pre-induction activity, organisational values and culture
  • Connect induction to the beginning of the performance management and talent management processes
  • Assessing induction needs for different groups and areas
  • Approaches and metrics to assess the impact of your induction programme

Programme

09:00

Registration and coffee

09:30

Welcome, introduction and objectives for the day

10:30

Induction integration: Creating integrated and sustained performance in line with organisational needs, values and priorities

  • Why does induction have such strategic impact?
  • What must a strategic induction process entail?
  • Integrated induction: linking attraction and retention to talent and performance management
11:00

Coffee

11:15

The link to engagement and performance

  • What is engagement and why does induction play such a critical role?
  • How do you engage new starters through an effective induction process?
  • Accelerating to full performance: the role of induction in optimising the route to full performance
  • Employer branding, socialisation and cultural integration
  • Optimising retention through those critical first months
12:00

Practical, interactive activity

  • Self assessment and analysis: exploring the effectiveness of your current induction processes and determining your priority needs
12:30

Lunch

13:30

Poor induction: determining the causes and overcoming the challenges

  • Exploring the hidden costs of poor induction
  • Examples of mismanaged induction: where does it usually go wrong
  • Determining the danger zones in your organisation and finding your quick wins
14:00

A strategic induction programme: key components and considerations

  • One size does not fit all: determining staff groupings and needs
  • Balancing the formal with the informal, the tailored with the generic
  • Face to face, technological, written and practical: exploring a total programme
  • Adding creativity and spice: how to reach out and engage
  • The critical first day and week
  • The central role of line manager in induction
  • Special considerations for senior executives
15:00

Tea

15:15

Impact assessment: what to consider

  • Approaches to evaluation and monitoring: key measures, indicators and metrics
  • Case studies: reviewing some examples from other organisations
15:45

Designing a scheme that will work in your organisation

  • The role of HR: what role should you take to ensure strategic recognition and impact
  • Getting the process of design right: involving your organisation to ensure ownership and buy in
  • Pragmatism and best fit approach: pulling it all together - what will work in your organisation?
16:15

Action planning

  • Key actions and priorities to implement when back in your workplace
16:30

End of seminar

Designed for

Senior HR professionals, Learning & Development specialists, line managers, anyone responsible for the design and integration of an induction programme.

Testimonials

Exactly what I needed! Couldn`t have been more tailored to my needs

– Emma Wass, Learning And Performance Manager, Nomura

Really positive experience

– Sarah Morley, Associate HR Director, Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust

It was really good and gave me lots of practical ideas to implement

– Katy Walker, Training Officer, Asthma UK

The back to work planning made it very real and engaging

– Abi Dunn, Training & Development Manager, Inventive Leisure

Informative, Interesting and thought provoking

– Jo Lundie, HR Assistant, IG Group Holdings PLC

Really good to discuss ideas and meet other people from other companies

– Yogita Mistry, Professional Development Advisor, Thales Optronics Ltd

Some great ideas that I can start to implement

– Roz Dupigny, Learning & Development Officer, Network Housing Group Ltd

The course was structured, organised, professional and insightful.

– Faye Llewellyn, HR Administrator, Groupe Aeroplan

The course was professionally delivered with an engaging approach.

– Jon Bridge, HR Manager, House of Fraser

Involved, interactive, inspiring with clear action planning to ensure lessons/developments are learnt and implemented to benefit the trust

– Liz Moloney, Education and Training Manager , North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust

Very engaging and interactive

– Mickey Ledhar, L&D Advisor, Octavia Housing

A practical course which allows you to analyse the whole induction process in your own company and learn from what others are doing, I would recommend the course

– Vinni Judge, Learning & Development Manager , Debenhams

Professional and successful

– Carole Howley, HR Director, Allen Vanguard

Very informative, I have come away with lots of ideas for improvements

– Kate Honour, HR Administrator, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies

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Discounts

Multiple booking discount

Receive a 20% discount when you book more than one event, or book more than one person on the same event. Please note this discount only applies to the lesser priced booking and when all bookings are placed together.

Registered charities

You are entitled to a 25% discount on your booking if you are a registered charity. This discount will show on your invoice once your booking is submitted. You will need your charity registration number for the booking form.

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