Employee Onboarding Excellence

3 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Create game-changing onboarding to enhance retention and productivity, ensuring new hires feel welcomed and ready to excel from day 1!

Delivering extraordinary results to:

Intuit
Amazon Web Services
VMware
Salesforce
Sage USA

Course overview

Transform Your Onboarding: Elevate Employee Success and Productivity

In today’s fast-paced business environment, the way you welcome and integrate new employees can make or break their future success in your organization. The first days and weeks on the job are crucial, setting the tone for a new hire's experience and their long-term engagement. This course empowers you to create a seamless, impactful onboarding process that ensures every new employee feels valued, prepared, and excited to contribute to your company’s goals.


Reflect on This:

❓ Are your new hires fully equipped to hit the ground running from day one?

❓ Does your onboarding process foster a strong connection to your company’s culture and values?

❓ How well do your new hires integrate into their teams, and how quickly do they start adding value?


The Reality:

Research shows that employees who experience a strong onboarding process are 69% more likely to stay with a company for at least three years. Yet, many organizations struggle to make onboarding both comprehensive and engaging, leading to disengagement and high turnover.


What You’ll Gain:

A Comprehensive Onboarding Framework: Learn to design a detailed, step-by-step onboarding plan that covers everything from pre-arrival preparations to the first 90 days and beyond, ensuring that new hires feel supported and confident in their roles.

Cultural Integration: Discover strategies to effectively communicate your company’s values, mission, and culture from day one, helping new employees align with your organization’s vision and become passionate advocates for your brand.

Effective Onboarding Materials: Audit your current onboarding materials and develop new resources that are both informative and engaging, making the onboarding process a positive and memorable experience.

Continuous Improvement: Establish a feedback loop that allows you to continuously refine and improve your onboarding process based on real-time feedback from new hires, ensuring that your program evolves with the needs of your workforce.


This course is designed to transform your onboarding process from a routine HR task into a strategic initiative that drives long-term success. By the end, you’ll have the tools and insights to create an onboarding experience that not only retains top talent but also accelerates their journey to becoming high-performing team members.


Questions to Ponder:

How can you create an onboarding experience that truly resonates with new hires and makes them feel an integral part of your organization?

What immediate changes can you implement to ensure your onboarding process is a competitive advantage for your company?

Who is this course for

01

HR and Talent Acquisition: You’re passionate about making sure new hires feel welcomed, supported, and set up for long-term success.

02

Leaders and Managers: You want to ensure new team members quickly become productive and feel like an integral part of the team.

03

Training Coordinator: You’re tasked with designing onboarding programs that truly engage new employees and align with company values.

What you’ll get out of this course

Strengthen New Hire Retention

Implement strategies that reduce turnover by making new hires feel confident, supported, and committed to your organization from the start.

  • Reduce early-stage turnover
  • Increase long-term employee retention
  • Boost overall job satisfaction among new hires

Increase New Hire Productivity

Create a structured onboarding process that helps new employees reach full productivity faster, contributing more effectively to team goals.

  • Accelerate time-to-productivity
  • Clarify role expectations from day one
  • Enhance overall team performance

Reduce Onboarding Time

Streamline your onboarding process to help new employees become productive members of the team faster, reducing the time it takes for them to contribute effectively.

  • Implement efficient workflows
  • Eliminate unnecessary steps in the process
  • Accelerate new hire time-to-productivity

Foster Early Ownership and Initiative

Empower new hires to take ownership of their roles early, encouraging proactive contributions to projects and tasks.

  • Encourage early involvement in key projects
  • Promote a culture of initiative and responsibility
  • Provide opportunities for independent decision-making

Align New Hires with Strategic Objectives

Ensure new employees understand how their roles contribute to the organization’s strategic goals, fostering a sense of purpose.

  • Communicate strategic objectives clearly
  • Link individual roles to broader goals
  • Encourage goal-oriented thinking

This course includes

3 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

2 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

4 projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

Sep 24—Oct 8
Nov 6—Nov 20
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  • Week 1

    Sep 24—Sep 29

    Events

    • Sep

      24

      Building a Strong Foundation

      Tue, Sep 24, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM UTC

    Modules

    • Assignment

  • Week 2

    Sep 30—Oct 6

    Events

    • Oct

      1

      Designing Structured Onboarding Programs

      Tue, Oct 1, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM UTC

    Modules

    • Assignment

  • Week 3

    Oct 7—Oct 8

    Events

    • Oct

      8

      Strategies for Rapid Integration and Lasting Success

      Tue, Oct 8, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM UTC

    Modules

    • Capstone

What people are saying

        Kimberly's training sessions were incredibly engaging and informative. I was amazed we were able to dive so deeply yet come away with tangible changes we could implement right away.
Sarah L.

Sarah L.

Director of Talent
        We've struggled with onboarding in the past, but this training changed everything. I have a different perspective about what our employees are looking for and how to deliver on it. I'm happy to say goodbye to onboarding inconsistencies between departments.
Michael B.

Michael B.

Chief People Officer
        I've never seen an onboarding process run so smoothly. The program's structure and materials were great, and our retention rates have improved significantly. It's clear that Kimberly knows what she's doing.
Sophia W.

Sophia W.

        Our onboarding process is now seamless and effective, thanks to the comprehensive program. New employees are more engaged and productive right from the start, and our retention has improved.
Darnell J.

Darnell J.

        This onboarding program changed everything for us. New hires now feel integrated from day one.
Alicia Turner

Alicia Turner

HR Coordinator
        Our new employees are more engaged and confident, thanks to the new onboarding process.
Raquel

Raquel

Talent Acquisition Specialist
        I wish we had implemented this onboarding strategy years ago. The difference is night and day. Great group of fellow learners, too!
Liam Brooks

Liam Brooks

Operations Manager
        I’m impressed with how seamless our onboarding process has become. It’s made a real impact.
Olivia White

Olivia White

HR Admin
        Before taking this course, our onboarding process was disjointed and inconsistent. We were losing new employees within the first few months, and it was affecting our overall productivity. After implementing these strategies, we’ve seen a dramatic improvement.
Matthew Harris

Matthew Harris

Senior HR Manager
        As a small company, we didn’t think we had the resources to create a robust onboarding program. This course proved us wrong. The step-by-step guidance allowed us to build an onboarding experience that is not only comprehensive but also scalable. Our new hires are now getting up to speed much faster, and it’s been a game-changer for our growth.
Caroline Phillips

Caroline Phillips

Office Manager
        Implementing the strategies from this onboarding course has not only improved the experience for new hires but also reduced the workload for our HR team. Everything is more streamlined and effective.
Mike Anderson

Mike Anderson

HR Manager
        The tools and insights provided in this course have helped us build an onboarding process that’s engaging and informative. Our new employees are more confident and better equipped to succeed.
Emily

Emily

L&D Coordinator

Meet your instructor

Kimberly Douglass

Kimberly Douglass

Turning challenges into growth, I empower others to achieve lasting success.

I’m Kimberly, a consultant and former AWS professional who’s dedicated to helping individuals and teams reach their full potential. Over the past decade, I’ve worked with more than 5,000 professionals, guiding them to develop the skills they need to thrive in today’s workplace.


My focus is on building strong foundations that enable individuals and teams to excel. I believe that when people feel supported and equipped, they contribute effectively and drive collective success. I also emphasize improving productivity and engagement, ensuring everyone has what they need to perform at their best from the start.Alongside this, I work to improve productivity and engagement within teams, ensuring that everyone has the tools they need to contribute effectively.


As the creator of this course, I bring both my knowledge and a genuine commitment to helping others succeed. I believe that when people are supported properly, they can achieve great things—and that starts with thoughtful onboarding and ongoing support.


Areas of Expertise:

  • Developing effective onboarding processes
  • Improving workplace productivity
  • Enhancing employee engagement
  • Strengthening retention rates


My approach is straightforward and practical. I’m here to work alongside you, helping to create real and lasting improvements in your onboarding and productivity practices.


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Course schedule

4-6 hours per week

  • Live sessions 1 hour per week

    9:00am - 10:00am Eastern Time

    Recurring at the same time.

  • Weekly projects

    2 hours per week

    Schedule items can also be used to convey commitments outside of specific time slots (like weekly projects or daily office hours).

Learning is better with cohorts

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Active hands-on learning

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Interactive and project-based

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Learn with a cohort of peers

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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Join an upcoming cohort

Employee Onboarding Excellence

The Trailblazers Cohort

$750

Dates

Sep 24—Oct 8, 2024

Payment Deadline

Sep 22, 2024

Harmony Heroes

$750

Dates

Nov 6—20, 2024

Payment Deadline

Nov 1, 2024
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Bulk purchases

$750

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