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Strategy Immersion and Direction (Cont.) similar, as basis for internal professional
case example: Shell, 68 network, 126
common view as ultimate goal, 179 social networking sites, 129
consequences of withholding software, 11, 23, 25, 41, 206–208, 219
information, 182–183 Technology and telecom industry, 42–47
first year, 178–179 Teradata, 163
information on demand drivers, 178 Time to Productivity
information on resources, 178 case example: Nagothane
information on suppliers, 177 Manufacturing, 27
new blood, 183–186 metrics dashboard to track, 215–218
in Onboarding Margin model, 67 reduction of, 1, 20–21, 23, 24, 48, 265
substantive education of new hires, The Tipping Point (Gladwell), 132
173–174 Towers Perrin, 206
“win plan” of organization, 175–176 Toyota, 238
Succession planning, 81–82 employees well-versed in company
Suppliers, providing information on, 177 strategy, 181
“Survival of fittest” model, 146
System diagnostic Unions, 54
external benchmarking step, 237–238 weakening of, 55
internal discovery step, 231–237 Uniqueness, 26
opportunity identification step, 238–240 UnitedHealth Group, 42–47
organizational validation and buy-in University of California, Irvine, 134
step, 240–241
shortcuts, 241–242 Value contribution, distributed content
delivery and, 75
Tactics “Valued connectedness,” 243
cultural mastery, 116–117 Verizon Wireless, 163
early career support, 167–169 Video game, 137
metrics dashboard, 215–218 Vietnam, 56
nurturing valuable relationships, 140–141
strategic immersion, 194 Watergate scandal, 56
Talent record database, 207 Wave approach, 251, 262
Talent shortage, 17 Weber, Charles, 4–6
causes of, 55–57 Week one. See First week
recruitment influenced by, 6–7 Welcome breakfasts, 123
Team building/enrichment, 123, 164–165 Welcome packets, 163
cross-functional, 126 WellPoint, 42–47
John Deere executive onboarding Wells Fargo, 164
process, 81–82 “What gets measured gets managed,” 213
during orientation activities, 140 Whitman, Meg, 138
with small groups, 135–136 Whittington, Richard, 174–175
social events in collaboration with other Who’s who, as company culture, 95
firms, 132 “Win plan,” 175–176
Technologies, 25, 41 Winn, Steve, 138
adequate, to coordinate program, 193, Wintel, 97
197, 205–208 Wipro Technologies, 77
Home Depot’s use of, 176–177 Workspace, 183
interactive, 110–112
leveraging of, 136–137 Year one. See First year