This course is only available as an onsite training. Please contact Pam Thornton, PHR, SHRM-CP to learn more about bringing this program to your organization.
When a new leader steps into an existing team, the hardest part is understanding the team’s history, strengths, and challenges fast enough to lead well. New Leader Assimilation is a training program that helps a new manager and their team build that shared understanding in record time.
What is new leader assimilation?
New Leader Assimilation is a facilitated process that helps a leader who is new to a team, whether promoted from within or hired from outside, quickly understand the team’s strengths, challenges, and expectations, and align on how they’ll work together.
EANE works with your organization’s leadership to define the performance expectations for the leader and team, then guides the new leader and their team through discussions and exercises that surface perceptions and build a shared plan.
How the program works
- We start with your leadership team to define the expectations for the leader and their team.
- We work directly with the new leader and their team to identify perceptions, strengths, and challenges.
- Guided discussions and exercises turn that into a custom blueprint for the team’s success.
This program is best launched before the new leader is hired, or any time in their first six months in the role.
Learning Objectives
- Awareness of the strengths and challenges the team brings to the new leader
- Clearly defined team roles and team rules
- More positive, honest communication
- A re-established baseline of trust between team members
- Conflict depersonalized, with past tensions that get in the way of productivity cleared
- A custom team vision and blueprint for success
Who it’s for
Teams that are, or are about to be, under new leadership, whether you’ve promoted someone into the role or brought a leader in from outside the organization.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is new leader assimilation?
A facilitated program that helps a new leader and their existing team quickly align on expectations, surface strengths and challenges, rebuild trust, and agree on how they’ll work together.
When should we run new leader assimilation?
It works best launched before the new leader is hired, but you can start any time in their first six months in the role.
Does new leader assimilation work whether the leader was promoted or hired from outside?
Yes. It’s built for teams under new leadership either way, including teams that have had significant turnover.
How is new leader assimilation different from onboarding?
Onboarding handles the logistics of a new role. Assimilation focuses on integrating the leader with an existing team, its history, expectations, and the trust the two need to perform together.