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How effective and scalable is our onboarding

Organizational development Onboarding Organizational health Leadership support and enablement Employee experience Leadership development

Ensure that we are able to welcome newcomers to the organization effectively and efficiently.

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Questions contained in this survey:

Welcoming

I received a warm welcome

I instantly learned how to reach out for help

People have been easily accessible to me whenever I have needed it

I was made to feel like a part of the team early on

Nurturing

I have not had to do anything that I’ve not been comfortable with yet

I’ve been granted the time I feel I’ve needed in order to learn and get up to speed

No one has shown frustration with the fact that I’ve not been up to speed

Purposeful

I understand the purpose of my role and how it fits into the organization

I have a clear understanding of what my responsibilities are and how to perform them correctly

I know how my performance is measured

Effective

I know where to find the resources I need in order to perform my job

I know where to put the resources I produce that others need in order to perform their job

I can do most of my job independently, without others being a bottleneck

I feel like a high-functioning contributor to the team

Efficient

I quickly learned which tools I needed to do my job properly and got sufficient access to all of them

I quickly received the necessary training in order to complete my responsibilities with sufficient quality

I was able to perform all my responsibilities in a satisfactory manner as quickly as I believe is possible for someone with my role and existing know-how

Complete

I know which skills are needed in order to perform the work properly

I know what behavior is acceptable and and not, and am able review the details whenever I forget

I have access to high quality tools and checklists which help me to the work correctly

Transparent

I learned early the steps involved in the onboarding process

I have a good overview of what I am expected to know and how much of it I know so far

Coworkers and other stakeholders know how far along I am towards full operativity

Scalable

The onboarding process does not depend on specific key people in the organization

I would be comfortable onboarding a new person if it was required of me

The onboarding process is highly self-serve (not dependent on existing people in the organization administering it)

Improvable

My impressions of the onboarding were systematically collected as a part of the process itself

I understand how the onboarding process is administered and how it can be improved

I could easily make small adjustments/improvements to the onboarding process myself