Description

In this episode, Michelle and Chase sit down with Amber Watts to explore a transformative approach to employee development: Everboarding. Amber shares insights from her book From Onboarding to Everboarding: Redefining Employee Development, challenging traditional views of onboarding as a one-time event and reframing it as a strategic, ongoing process that fuels long-term performance, retention, and growth. 

Key Takeaways:

• Everboarding begins after the welcome packet. It's about building systems that evolve with your people.
• Onboarding is a strategy, not an event. Leaders play a critical role in reinforcing key messages and creating a culture of continuous enablement.
• It's a relay, not a race. Ownership of development shifts across HR, L&D, employees, and leaders, each carrying the baton at different stages.
• Mid-career professionals matter too. Everboarding isn't just for new employees, it's about staying adaptive, relevant, and growth-focused throughout an employee's journey.
• Growth is self-driven, but leaders are powerful partners. Development isn't always about promotion, it can be about deepening expertise and staying engaged.
• You don't need a program - you need a plan. Amber shares practical advice for organizations to implement an everboarding strategy.

Everboarding is a growth lever for organizations. It shifts the focus from simply getting someone started to keeping them growing, a mindset that's essential in today's fast-changing workplace.

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Website: radicalgrowthworks.com

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