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 – Onboard Like a Pro — How to Set Your Team Up for Success from Day One

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Hosted by HerBusiness

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3 October 2024

Imagine having a team so aligned, so committed, that they stick with you for DECADES. How do you make that happen? It all starts with team onboarding.

When you do it right, your team onboarding system is what sets the foundation for high employee retention, productivity, and more freedom for you as the business owner.

In this episode, I’m giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the exact steps we use at HerBusiness to onboard new hires. (And P.S. Those hires have stuck around for years – some of our team has been with us for decades!) 

Here’s what we’ll cover to improve your team onboarding: 

  • Why onboarding is a game-changer for business success, and how it directly impactions employee retention, engagement, and your bottom line profits.
  • The types of teams and onboarding systems you need for your business, depending on if you’re a solopreneur, a micropreneur, or a full-scale entrepreneur.
  • The key steps to an effective onboarding system: job posting and hiring, interviewing to find the right fit, setting clear contracts, making the first week matter, and how critical those first few months are.
  • Avoiding common onboarding mistakes that so many business owners make – from overwhelming new hires with an information-download to throwing them in the deep end without a buoy.
  • Handing challenges with onboarding goes wrong, and how you can turn it into a learning opportunity that will strengthen your system.

Remember, onboarding is about so much more than having a smooth first week – it’s about creating a strong, long-lasting connection with the team that will support you for years.

Ready to Improve Your Team Onboarding Process? Whether you’re hiring your first VA or your 50th employee, you can create an onboarding system that will keep your team around for the long haul. Tune in now!

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About the host

Suzi Dafnis

Hi there. I’m Suzi Dafnis, CEO at HerBusiness. My BIG passion is helping women business owners to grow and scale their business, so that they can create their ideal lifestyle and make a difference in the world. Every day I am inspired by the more than 30,000 amazing women (and men!) in our community and I love finding the best education, mentors, and resources from around the globe, to help them get the skills, knowledge, and support they need to succeed. It’s been my privilege to lead HerBusiness (formerly The Australian Businesswomen’s Network) for the past 23 years (two+ decades – WOW!) because, whilst I’ve enjoyed success in business, I’ve also experienced the highs and the lows – sometimes you can feel on top of the world and in control and other times you can feel isolated, exhausted and stuck. What has made the biggest difference for me has always been having great people around me and having a lifelong commitment to learning. That’s why I am so passionate about the work we do here at HerBusiness – providing a Connection Network for women in business to get the mentors, contacts, referrals, knowledge, and skills they need to grow their confidence, make more money, build their businesses, expand their network and create the lives they love. My entrepreneurial journey started in the spare room of my Sydney apartment in 1994 when my business partner and I started a boutique events company that represented speakers and authors from the USA, here in Australia. Over the years I’ve grown multiple multi-million dollar businesses in the events, publishing and education niches – with teams in Australia, New Zealand, and the USA. Not everything has worked and there has been a degree of trial and error, and a lot of bumps in the road. But I have always had a strong commitment to always surrounding myself with great mentors and like-minded peers – a Connection Network that I can depend on and who can depend on me to be there for them too. I truly do what I love, every day.  

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