Integration of new Senior Managers

“Integration” suggests a more aspirational goal—doing what it takes to make the new person a fully functioning member of the team as quickly and smoothly as possible… Well-integrated executives can build momentum early on rather than struggle up learning curves.”

Reduce organizational risk and see leadership from day one

If your organization offers a comprehensive onboarding and integration program for new Directors, congratulations! You are in a very small minority.  Unfortunately, most organizations offer some general orientation courses or webinars on company culture and policies, internal tools and forms, and maybe some general leadership training.  Some offer nothing at all.  Maybe there is no possibility of a transition with the person you are replacing.  Where to start?  How do you ensure you integrate yourself well, quickly determine your priorities, and get your team unified under your leadership?

Without a solid integration of new leadership, it can take an average of 9 months for the leadership to be fully up and running.  If the person is already familiar with the country context, or has prior experience, this will be shorter.  But each week and month that goes by with the Director or Manager learning the ropes, team, and culture- programs are maintained but not accelerating, strategy and articulation of your organization or program’s value is not happening, and the risk of declining staff morale is high.  These reputational hits take little time to occur, and months and years to overcome.  In a highly competitive funding environment, it is critical to reduce that learning curve as much as possible.

Our Approach

For organizations, we can discuss establishing a scheduled program tailored to the unique culture and values of your organization.  Click the contact button below for more information and exploratory discussions.

For individuals, more general webinars and online courses are in the works for early 2021.  If you would like to be notified when they are available, please fill out this form here.

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