Executive Onboarding

Executive Onboarding
attachment. A sense of belonging and believing that we
belong to each other are important contributors to a
performance while it affects the level of self-esteem,
confidence and motivation. If you can make people feel
that they are an important part of the change process, and
organizational success, they are likely to be significantly
more motivated to support your agenda of change.
4. People with strong competencies (skills, knowledge and
abilities), and a feeling of being capable will often be more
motivated and committed to a given task. Through
commitment, dedication to completing a task successfully,
a positive attitude, and an increased sense of self-efficacy,
a person is more inclined to persist in a change process
and in spite of obstacles. Therefore, in your diagnosis, you
should map competencies across key employees and
stakeholders and use it to entrust the right people with the
right tasks and roles during the change process.
5. However, if the change process ahead is mined with stress
and conflict, it may affect the level of motivation negatively.
Even though high performers are used to overcoming
obstacles, some obstacles may be too difficult to overcome.
Leading under pressure is a challenging task for any
executive – particularly for a newly hired executive trying
to adapt to a new company, role and environment.
Nonetheless, the executive is watched closely by his/her
employees and as a result, the actions he/she makes under
stress can have a profound impact on the culture of an
organization. Therefore, it is crucial to be aware of one’s
own stress triggers while understanding how to modulate
one’s own behavior in order to ensure that it remains
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