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SilkRoad Welcomes Lilith Christiansen as VP of Onboarding Solutions

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We are excited to announce that Lilith Christiansen is joining SilkRoad as Vice President of Onboarding Solutions. Lilith comes to SilkRoad from Kaiser Associates, a boutique strategy consulting firm, where she co-lead the Organization Development Practice. Strategy Immersion & Direction. Early Career Support.

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The Difference Between a Data-First and a People-First Onboarding Strategy

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In order to drive business value such as engagement, retention, greater customer satisfaction, and revenue growth, organizations need to go beyond forms and data to engage employees from offer letter throughout the entirety of their employee journey.

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Just Published: Forbes Insights Report “Employee Engagement in Age of Digital Disruption”

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When one in four CFOs say that unwanted turnover accounts for 25% to 50% of labor costs (one in 10 say it eats up 50%), you know that talent retention is critical to business strategies. Increasing employee retention through better engagement has been adopted by one in three organizations.

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Why Strategic Onboarding Matters to Financial Leaders

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According to SilkRoad’s 2018 Global Strategic Onboarding Trends Survey , the key to attracting and keeping talent in a tough market is to engage them from the point of offer acceptance. Doing so, directly impacts company goals such as new hire job readiness, time to productivity and level of productivity, engagement, and retention.

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The Importance of Personalizing Your Onboarding Experience

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Best practices for onboarding new employees are rooted in retention and engagement. Retention starts with onboarding. Here are some of the performance values that need to be communicated to new hires as outlined in the book Successful Onboarding: A Strategy to Unlock Hidden Value Within Your Organization. .

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Using Personalization to Activate Learners

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During this year’s SilkRoad Connections Conference , David Wentworth, principal analyst in learning and development at Brandon Hall Group , shared that 62 percent of high performing organizations use personalized learning. Like what should the company’s learning strategy look like. But correlation is important.

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2018 SilkRoad Global Strategic Onboarding Report

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In recent years, especially in the current labor market, organizations have placed an emphasis onboarding, yet have struggled to find the right mix of connection to strategy, streamlined processes, and an engaging and personalized new hire experience. Key performance indicators – engagement & retention.