A Strategic Approach to Induction: Engaging your Talent from Day One

09:00 - Registration and coffee
09:30 - Welcome, introduction and objectives for the day
10:30 - Induction integration: Creating integrated and sustained performance in line with organisational needs, values and priorities
· Why does induction have such strategic impact?
· What must a strategic induction process entail?
· Integrated induction: linking attraction and retention to talent and performance management

11:00 - Coffee
11:15 - The link to engagement and performance
· What is engagement and why does induction play such a critical role?
· How do you engage new starters through an effective induction process?
· Accelerating to full performance: the role of induction in optimising the route to full performance
· Employer branding, socialisation and cultural integration
· Optimising retention through those critical first months

12:00 - Practical, interactive activity
· Self assessment and analysis: exploring the effectiveness of your current induction processes and determining your priority needs

12:30 - Lunch
13:30 - Poor induction: determining the causes and overcoming the challenges
· Exploring the hidden costs of poor induction
· Examples of mismanaged induction: where does it usually go wrong
· Determining the danger zones in your organisation and finding your quick wins

14:00 - A strategic induction programme: key components and considerations
· One size does not fit all: determining staff groupings and needs
· Balancing the formal with the informal, the tailored with the generic
· Face to face, technological, written and practical: exploring a total programme
· Adding creativity and spice: how to reach out and engage
· The critical first day and week
· The central role of line manager in induction
· Special considerations for senior executives

15:00 - Tea
15:15 - Impact assessment: what to consider
· Approaches to evaluation and monitoring: key measures, indicators and metrics
· Case studies: reviewing some examples from other organisations

15:45 - Designing a scheme that will work in your organisation
· The role of HR: what role should you take to ensure strategic recognition and impact
· Getting the process of design right: involving your organisation to ensure ownership and buy in
· Pragmatism and best fit approach: pulling it all together - what will work in your organisation?

16:15 - Action planning
· Key actions and priorities to implement when back in your workplace

16:30 - End of seminar