Resources for Onboarding and Training
Employee Onboarding and Training Resources
A curated collection of resources about onboarding new employees and ongoing training
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Classes:
Books
Videos and Audio (recorded webinars, podcast episodes, and more):
I have a YouTube playlist of curated onboarding videos here.
- Ryan McRae shows how to build a training request form and workflow to fulfill training in HubSpot
- Ispring shares a Sample Module of an Onboarding Online Course
- Stephanie Middaugh and Nate Varel discuss enablement on the Enablement Redefined podcast — 45 minutes
My own videos from speaking events are on this page.
Blogs, Articles, Posts, Guides
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Articulate shares a guide for learning and development to train on people skills during onboarding
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Rameel Sheikh shares What’s Wrong with Employee Onboarding
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Nicole Mace shares what you need to do before building an agency onboarding program
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Nektar shares a 30-60-90 day guide for RevOps directors
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Lattice shares 14 Essential Onboarding Documents for New Hires
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Helen Colman writes The New Employee Onboarding Process and How to Get It Right
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Nicole Wylie writes about Onboarding Automation: How to Put Employee Onboarding on Autopilot
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Donna Weber writes about how Employee Onboarding: Unlock New Employee Potential from Day One
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Rubén Mancha and Salvatore Parise at Harvard Business Review ($) write about Using “Digital Academies” to Close the Skills Gap
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Stacy Mayer shares a 30-60-90 Day Plan for Killing It In Your New Role
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Lyssa Test shares Everything You Need to Know About Onboarding Surveys
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George B. Thomas writes and talks about Employee Engagement Strategies for Remarkable Experiences and Effective Onboarding with Joey Coleman
- Justin Norris shares a 90-Day Plan for a New RevOps Leader
- Sean Lane writes about Unlocking RevOps Career Growth with a Simple Color-Coding Exercise (with a video). I would add this to the “about me” document/exercise during onboarding, too, to learn more about the new hire
- Layla Pomper and contributors write about The Best Employee Onboarding Process for Small Businesses (also a video)
Communities
Newsletters
Templates
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Jill Felska at Want to Work There shares an Employee Onboarding audit and task template
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Jason Azocar shares a video of a new employee onboarding template
- Ispring shares a New Employee Onboarding Checklist
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Trainual shares a New Employee Post-offer & Pre-start Process Checklist template and a full onboarding checklist