OnBoarding Employees with Bob Verchota

In this program, you’ll learn how to:

• What is engagement and why it matters.
• The outcomes of an engaged workforce
• The difference between satisfaction, happiness, and engagement
• Understand benefits for the business and the individual
• Foundational factors necessary for engagement to be possible.
• Factors that disengage employees and addressing “burnout”
• Strategies for creating an engaged workforce
• The power of coaching and its link to engagement
• Why compensation isn’t the answer
• The link to vision, mission, and values
• How management is a major barrier to engagement
• Leadership competencies that influence engagement and mistakes to avoid
• Re-igniting enthusiasm

In this program, you’ll learn how to:

• HR’s role in mission and strategy
• Key anti-discrimination laws & protected classes
• Meaning of disparate treatment and adverse impact
• Rights employers DO have
• Recruiting and behavioral based interviewing
• Importance of goodness of fit in employee selection
• Onboarding basics and the 4 C’s of onboarding
• Key considerations in managing employees
• Seven steps to employee recognition
• Basics of Employment at Will
• Five considerations in determining just cause
• Progressive discipline and why you might not want it
• Seven steps to effective corrective action
• Twelve parts of disciplinary documentation
• What to know in disciplining employees
• The basics of sexual harassment and how to stay out of trouble
• What is quid pro quo and hostile working environment
• Essentials of the FMLA – what it is, who is covered, 6 things to remember
• Essentials of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADAAA)
• Reasonable accommodation and interactive discussion basics
• What you need to know about wage and hour
• Independent contractor, exempt and nonexempt employees
• Seven reasons for having employee handbooks and six tips

In this program, you’ll learn how to:

• The purpose and benefits of a great onboarding program
• Understand the 5 key components of a best practices onboarding program.
• Understand the four “C’s”: Compliance, Clarification, Culture, Connection
• 8 Tips for enhancing Millennial onboarding
• Applying gamification to onboarding – why and how
• How to structure a comprehensive onboarding plan
• Nurturing Millennials from the start
• Five metrics to help measure effectiveness
• How to build connections with new hires
• Quickly getting Millennials to their full potential
• How retention interviews support onboarding
• Receive an assessment of your onboarding program
• Receive coaching and mentoring questions to build engagement and loyalty
• How to use technology to modernize your program
• Best practices for effective programs
• Problems and pitfalls to avoid in building your program
• Tips and ideas to make your program more effective

In this program you will learn:

• Learn the “SOAR” method for creating Behavioral Based Interviewing
• Receive 43 Behavioral Based Interview Questions
• Top 10 Tips for Interviewers
• Understand source of interviewer rater errors
• How to link corporate values to employee selection
• How to interview for “best fit”
• What are acceptable and un-acceptable areas of inquiry
• How probing/follow-up questions can make a big difference
• Use Behavior Anchored Rating system to evaluate candidates
• Building your interview process into the performance management system

In this program, you’ll learn how to:

• The purpose and benefits of a great onboarding program
• Understand the 5 key components of a best practices onboarding program.
• Understand the four “C’s”: Compliance, Clarification, Culture, Connection
• 8 Tips for enhancing Millennial onboarding
• Applying gamification to onboarding – why and how
• How to structure a comprehensive onboarding plan
• Nurturing Millennials from the start
• Five metrics to help measure effectiveness
• How to build connections with new hires
• Quickly getting Millennials to their full potential
• How retention interviews support onboarding
• Receive an assessment of your onboarding program
• Receive coaching and mentoring questions to build engagement and loyalty
• How to use technology to modernize your program
• Best practices for effective programs
• Problems and pitfalls to avoid in building your program
• Tips and ideas to make your program more effective