Onboarding: How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time

ABOUT THE GUEST EXPERTS

Bill Berman, PhD, a clinical and consulting psychologist and partner in PrimeGenesis, is co-author of 3 books and over 50 articles on a variety of psychology and business topics. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and is board-certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology and has taught at Cornell Medical College and Fordham University. Bill can be found in chapter 4 of this book and at [e-mail].

Jean Brown, a principal at MacKenzie Brown, coaches senior executives to help them enhance their leadership presence and communicate with impact. She brings together business experience with eight years as a professional actress, singer, and dancer/ choreographer. Jean can be found in chapter 8 of this book and at [e-mail].

Rob Cross of the University of Virginia has been studying social networks for a decade. He and his Network Roundtable have discovered that high performers have noninsular networks. They reach out up, across, and down in a number of important ways. Rob can be found in chapter 11 of this book and at [e-mail].

Maude Divittis is the founder of ExecOnBoard LLC, an organization that successfully supports accelerated workplace performance during transition. She has supplemented her invaluable practical experience at Mars and MTV (SVP of Learning and Development) with in-depth research into onboarding as part of her doctoral work at Columbia. Maude can be found in chapter ...