Onboarding
Design Build Attract
The most critical time in
an executives career is the
first 100 days in a new role.
Executives promoted or hired into new roles are expected to
not only find their way, but lead from day one. Yet, statistics
show that no matter how experienced an executive is, the
challenges of transition are too great to overcome alone.
Organizations that take a team approach to support
executives during onboarding demonstrate a commitment
to the executives success, and mitigate the risk of losing
an average aggregate cost of US$2.7 million when a new
executive fails.
Korn Ferrys Onboarding services ensure that your new
executives have the resources they need to succeed and
contribute faster.
Challenging
transitions.
28%
28% of executives decide if
they are going to stay or
leave their job in the first week.
69%
Those who participate in a
structured onboarding program
are 69% more likely to stay with
their organization after 3 years.
6.2
It takes 6.2 months for a new
executive to reach the breakeven point.
The only thing a new leader can
do on his or her own after day 1
is fail. All success at the executive
level requires a team effort.
Sources: Chief Learning Officer, HR Magazine, Forbes
Top risks for executive new hires:
Not understanding how to get things done in the new organization.
Failure to build trust in the organization; acting in culturally inappropriate ways early in their tenure.
Not knowing what success looks like in the new company.
Not staying in learning mode long enough to find the most effective ways to contribute.
Lack of coaching and mentoring.
Focusing on the technical aspects of the role and not enough on the social and political aspects.
Over-dependence on what worked in the past.
Championed
support.
Onboarding support provides
organizations and new executives
the tools to navigate success.
Korn Ferry Onboarding services create a holistic
support environment for transitioning executives.
We take a mentor-to-peer approach to provide
practical, strategic and tactical guidance on
integrating into new roles.
Our programs are research based, leverage
rigorous assessment tools and are tailored to
each executives specific needs.
Korn Ferry champions your executives to mindfully
address the hidden and apparent challenges of
onboardingand effectively overcome them.
Who benefits from
onboarding support?
Leaders promoted from within a team.
Leaders hired externally.
Managers working with a new team
as a result of a merger, acquisition or
restructure.
Ex-pat assignments and repatriation.
Leaders promoted or transferred
into challenging teams or demanding
business situations.
Under-represented leaders.
Onboarding
services.
Executive Onboarding
This service is designed to provide a unique
and effective experience to accelerate
executive performance and expedite
contribution. Korn Ferry senior consultants
work one-on-one with new executives from
offer acceptance through the first 100 days.
Together, they create and execute onboarding
plans that address the most pivotal challenges
the executive needs to address. This service is
available as a cost-effective extension of our
Executive Recruitment service.
Accelerate new executives through the first 100 days:
Insight &
coaching
Critically timed
feedback
Initiate
Counsel
on goal
Identification
Calibrate
Team
insights
Performance
& integration
enhancement
Early warning
indicators &
hazard avoidance
Accelerate
Transition and Development
Coaching
In FS100 Coaching, executives work one-onone with a highly specialized executive coach
for up to six months from their start date.
Coaching focuses on the five agendas that
leaders need to create a holistic approach to
transition success. The goals are to accelerate
time to performance, minimize nave and costly
mistakes, enhance two-way communication
with the organization, foster better alignment
with the team and stakeholders and safeguard
the organizations investment in the executive.
Team and Diversity Onboarding
SuccessPath focuses on providing critical
support to under-represented executive hires
by offering facilitated sessions with team
members, direct managers and direct reports.
The goal is to establish trust, collaboration,
alignment and leadership priorities. It focuses
on building key relationships and can be
customized with flexible options, including
ongoing executive coaching.
Leadership
agenda
Identify core values and principles;
Set the tone for leadership;
Demonstrate organizational savvy;
Engage and inspire others
Business
agenda
Define strategic priorities; Understand
and leverage key business drivers;
Outline short-term and long-term
action plans to accomplish significant
results with speed and quality
Relationship
agenda
Establish positive working relationships
with important stakeholders; Proactively
network and build relationships to
ensure long-term success
Personal
agenda
Clarify life goals and values;
Balance work life with family, health,
fitness, and other priorities;
Maintain motivation and focus
Learning
agenda
Identify key strengths and weaknesses;
Establish development plans to build
capabilities where needed; Learn from
experience
Manager
engagement
Team
engagement
Trust
Collaboration
Team
engagement
Alignment
Executive
coaching
Leadership
Why Korn Ferry?
Our Onboarding services pick up where the
recruitment process ends, and help some of the
worlds top organizations integrate newly hired
or promoted leaders in a more structured and
effective way. Focusing on the early stages of an
executives tenure, we reduce the time it takes for
him or her to start making a meaningful impact,
and maximize the leaders personal engagement
with the organization and brand.
Onboarding, not orientation.
Onboarding is not the same as orientation.
Consider whether your organizations
internal process achieves the following:
Identifies executives strengths and
developmental areas, and ensures they
have the key competencies for success.
Brings role clarity.
Accelerates integration with organizational
culture, strategy, and leadership team.
Maps key relationships.
Delivers critically timed feedback from
key stakeholders.
Offers counsel on goal identification.
Provides early warning indicators and
hazard avoidance.
If not, Korn Ferrys Onboarding services
are an effective way to protect your
investment in executive talent during the
most critical time in their careers.
A combination of experience
and evidence-based expertise.
Our extensive experience in this area,
combined with our comprehensive and
ongoing research, means we know the
elements that really count toward early
success in an executive role. We also
understand what kinds of support and
guidance are likely to be most effective.
About Korn Ferry
At Korn Ferry, we design, build, attract, and ignite
talent. Since our inception, clients have trusted us
to help recruit world-class leadership. Today, we are
a single source for leadership and talent consulting
services to empower businesses and leaders to
reach their goals. Our solutions range from executive
recruitment and leadership development programs,
to enterprise learning, succession planning, and
recruitment process outsourcing (RPO).
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