Proper onboarding is neither an event nor a process, but it is a steady progression of inducting a professional as a welcomed member into the organizational body. It more closely reflects the way a new child is inducted into a family and is allowed to add their own flavor to the family unit.

POOR ONBOARDING STATISTICS

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has reported that 1 in every 25 of all employees leave their jobs due to poor onboarding. This is alarming when we consider...

Every working professional has to deal with other people in some form or another. The workplace is the corporate professional’s representation of the field, court, track, slope or other place in which a sport is played. While execution of work in these arenas are generally not considered a game, one must admit that we are grouped into teams, we each have a position, there is generally a way to score goals through tasks, sale or project execution and we draft (hire) fire...

In today's professional marketplace it is important that people make a concentrated effort to know what their professional gift(s), or as Steve Harvey, world renown entertainer and author [Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success] describes as "the thing you do at your absolute best with the least amount of effort.” Other ways to describe it is a niche, specific capabilities, expertise or a unique blend of abilities.

Do you know who you truly are as a professional? Do you have a...