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Amber Watts

July 2020  - TD Magazine

A reimagined onboarding experience helps new sales employees immediately immerse themselves in organizational culture and workflow.

From New Employee to Brand Ambassador in 90 Days

Strengthen Your Acquisition and Retention Efforts Through EverboardingTraditional onboarding is a relic of the past. That frantic sprint to get new hires “up to speed,” followed by a deafening silence, often falls short. What if, instead, you could create a seamless, ongoing journey of growth and development from the day an employee starts and throughout their tenure—an everboarding experience? Employees say they need to develop new skills to be successful at their job, and many will look for another job if not offered development opportunities. In this book, leading HR talent strategy and everboarding expert Amber Watts offers solutions to help you shift your organization’s mindset that onboarding has an “exit day” and embrace a culture of continuous learning. It guides you through building a dynamic everboarding strategy that fosters long-term employee engagement, accelerates performance, and strengthens your talent acquisition and retention efforts. Inside, you’ll discover how to personalize and elevate the onboarding experience to move beyond generic checklists and create customized journeys that resonate with individual needs, jobs, and roles. Smooth the transition from onboarding to manager by defining clear expectations and creating a seamless handoff process to ensure ongoing support and development. Equip managers to be continuous development partners and provide them with the tools and resources they need to effectively coach, mentor, and guide their employees throughout their careers. And cultivate a growth mindset, encouraging new hires and existing employees to embrace lifelong learning and growth. This book also includes three case studies that capture the different stages of everboarding and offer ideas for how to implement an everboarding strategy yourself, no matter your company’s industry or size.Perfect for HR and L&D leaders seeking to transform their onboarding and employee development programs, this book provides actionable strategies and practical advice you can implement immediately. Stop treating onboarding like a sprint and start building a marathon of growth and success.

From Onboarding to Everboarding

The ATD SELL Conference is the only sales enablement event that’s laser-focused on developing sales capability. Want to get a free preview of our programming and speaker line-up?

During this 60-minute webinar, SELL Chair and Host Dayna Williams will lead an interactive discussion with three popular speakers: Peter Ostrow, Mike Kunkle, and Amber Watts. We’ll keep the conversation moving and the insights flowing.
Topics include:

• Macro trends in sales development
• Amplifying or revisiting your onboarding
• Table stakes for driving adoption everyone can see inside the organization
• Balancing narrative and data to communicate the value of development

Primary Capability Covered: Performance Improvement
Participation in this event, either live or recorded, can be reported for one (1) professional development point toward initial certification or recertification requirements for the APTD or CPTD credential.
 
 