It has to be done faster. If you can design a custom on-boarding process that, with speed, gets people better connected to the organization, better connected to the mission, better connected to their team, better connected to you, then you have a better shot at holding on to the top producers in this market. Think of it like a first 100 days plan. Monday? That is day one with your new team member. Imagine you have the best coming in the door. How can you get them connected and contributing as quickly as possible?
With your teams, don’t get out of the way, do this instead
"Get out of the way!" I often hear some version of this sentiment when talking about building a culture to incentivize high performance teams. "You have to find the right people, equip them, and then get out of the way." People who talk about getting out of the way...