With college graduations on the horizon coinciding with an uptick in hiring, more and more young professionals will be entering the workforce this spring and summer. Getting new employees oriented and ready for performance is critical to the bottom line of every organization. 90 Days 90 Ways: Onboard Young Professionals to Peak Performance offers strategies and tactics to make the first 90 days of employment impactful for new employees and the organizations that hire them.

90 Days 90 Ways is based on nine easy-to-digest strategies for growing new hires into competent and accountable members of an organization. The book also includes 90 corresponding practical tactics that help ensure the bottom-line effectiveness of a new-hire training program.

The nine strategies include

 how to successfully design the crucial first-day experience for the new young professional

 how to identify and communicate the most important concepts required for success in the organization

 how to integrate new hires into the workplace culture

 how to develop employees who communicate effectively for maximum impact

 how to create employees who deliver results, grow from mistakes, and are accountable

 how to keep young professionals focused on their top priorities

 how to teach relationship-building and service-orientation within the organization

 how to create a possibility-centered culture, encourage autonomy, and foster work-life integration

 how to empower peak performance in employees, and grow the next generation of leaders.

Alexia Vernon is the author of 90 Days 90 Ways. She is a certified coach and career and workplace expert who is focused on shifting workplace obstacles into opportunities. She has appeared on CNN, NBC, Fox Business News, contributed to Forbes.com and AOL and been quoted in top-tier publications like The Wall Street Journal and CBS MoneyWatch. Ms. Vernon will be speaking about this book at the upcoming ASTD 2012 International Conference & Exposition, May 6-9, in Denver, CO.