{"id":4079,"date":"2015-06-09T15:23:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T20:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-gordon-food-service.pantheonsite.io\/starting-off-on-the-right-foot\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T14:15:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T20:15:50","slug":"starting-off-on-the-right-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfs.com\/es-us\/ideas\/starting-off-on-the-right-foot\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting Off On the Right Foot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whenever I hear about someone holding an orientation session, I think about the opportunity it represents to start over. For the employees, it\u2019s a new beginning on their career path. For the organization, it\u2019s a chance to finesse the way the corporate mission gets actualized. But orientations have to be done right to be effective. That means avoiding these common pitfalls: <\/span><\/p>\n

Information overload<\/span><\/h3>\n

Too many orientations try to cram 10 pounds of material into a five-pound bag. Orientations should provide only what is important to know \u201cright now.\u201d Benefits, bathroom locations, appearance standards \u2026 they\u2019re all good to know, but they\u2019re not critical to an employee\u2019s long-term success. Think about filling that five pound bag with three pounds of information\u2014and leave the employee wanting more.<\/p>\n

Insufficient connections<\/span><\/h3>\n

People want to be part of something that is necessary, larger than themselves, and is considered important. During orientation, draw an explicit connection between these employee needs and your business needs. Think of your business as a skyscraper. Everybody\u2019s working at the top, but new employees are walking into the bottom floor and wondering how they\u2019ll fit in. <\/span><\/p>\n

Lack of specificity<\/span><\/h3>\n

The sweet spot in a dartboard is dead center\u2014and that\u2019s what you should aim for in orientations. Communicate \u201cwhat this place is\u201d to your new hires. Who you serve and how, when, where, and why you serve them are critical bits of information, but they belong in another meeting. <\/span><\/p>\n

Boil orientations down to:
\t\u201cThe purpose of our organization is to ___________. We accomplish that by ___________ so that we achieve _________.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Filling in these blanks will define the core-value philosophy that distinguishes your business from others like it and, in the process, will help your employees start off on the right foot. <\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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