Accepting a new executive role is an exciting opportunity for growth, even for experienced leaders. Research highlights that while only 29% of high performers may initially excel in new challenges, every leader has the potential to develop and shine when navigating unfamiliar territory.
Transitioning into a new role is a great example where a new leader must interact and communicate with as well as influence new team members, peers, and other key stakeholders. To facilitate this transition, Odgers Berndtson has partnered with SurePeople, an award-winning tech innovator, to create a unique and measurable executive onboarding experience that blends one-on-one executive coaching, a Prism psychometric assessment by SurePeople, a Team Insights Survey, and curated content from Harvard Business Publishing. Our transformative Executive Onboarding Program leverages a holistic methodology that considers not just the new executive but also their new team members in terms of how they show up as leaders (both normally and when under pressure) as well as how they tend to make decisions, manage conflict, and process information. The new leader also gets critical insights into the team’s existing level of engagement and collaboration through the Team Insights Survey. In addition, the platform provides tailored recommendations for enhancing relationships and collaboration.
Our unique program provides new leaders with the chance to accelerate their onboarding, cultivating key qualities like emotional intelligence, which is essential for successfully building rapport, resolving conflicts, and leading a team through change.
Inspired by real examples of C-suite leaders, this 3- to 6-month program benefits executives by:
- Engaging them with a personalized onboarding experience.
- Driving speed to relationships during the onboarding process – reducing the connection time with team members from 18 months to 4 months.
- Shortening the time from orientation to productivity for leaders and their teams.
- Minimizing the time required of the leader, HR, and the organization to manage the executive’s integration.
- Reducing executive missteps that can lead to slowed/failed transitions and lack of trust.
The transformative executive onboarding has a lot of benefits for the broader team as well. Some of these include:
- Improved team dynamics through enhanced leader and team member relationships.
- Alignment on team norms, purpose, mission, and vision.
- Data-driven insights that can be leveraged to increase team productivity.
- Pulse surveys that measure performance and progress within the team.
Our executive onboarding program is delivered by a global network of highly experienced, certified coaches who are ready to guide a new executive through the challenges of a new role.
