LDR-301S Leading Organizations Questions and Answers Graded A+
Question : What are 6 ways to improve outdated onboarding
program?
CORRECT ANSWER : 1. Take a proactive approach (plan
the first day) 2. offer a proper orientation (prior to onboarding; tour the facility, intro company tech; overview mission & goals; company org chart; expectations & culture) Use screen-sharing software 3. make onboarding interactive (engaging trng content; quizzes, videos, webinars - gamification) 4. personalize the training process (new hires strengths, challenges, & preferences; meet employees unique needs) 5. make it a social experience (team meeting day one; team building events; encourage collaboration) 6. solicit and learn from feedback (survey new employees regarding the onboarding process strength & weaknesses)
Question : What are 10 Onboarding Best Practices?
CORRECT ANSWER : 1. Align the messaging (determine
your onboarding goals; Ensure your messaging is consistent)
- Plan the first day (meaningful; understand roles &
responsibilities; answer questions; positive first day) 3.
Ensure a meeting with manager the first week (creates a sense of belonging; participated in higher-quality meetings and spent more time collaborating with their teams than those who did not have the manager meeting within the first week) 4.support the person's authentic strengths (new hires get more satisfaction and meaning from their work) 5. Use gamification to engage employees (approach was well-received and had a positive impact on customer satisfaction) 6. focus on social relationships (onboarding should be fun and participative rather than boring and top-down) 7. Provide mentors to new hires (help ease new hires into their role and work culture; more invested in the values of the organization than those without a mentor) 8. or provide buddies (assigning a fellow worker as a 'buddy' to help the newcomer integrate into the workplace and 2) encouraging a new hire to observe a fellow associate for a period of time) 9. use diverse and blended formal practices (offering more approaches to facilitate socialization rather than fewer, should be a primary goal of onboarding programs. In addition, new employees perceived the range of practices as at least moderately beneficial to their onboarding experience) 10. gather feedback (online surveys and facilitate discussions with participants about ways to improve the onboarding program)
Question : What are 4 actions to improve onboarding?
CORRECT ANSWER : Providing a checklist, Facilitate
communication, Reinforce existing culture and sense of purpose, Provide feedback channels
Question : Define Onboarding.
CORRECT ANSWER : Process organizations use to
socialize and acclimate a new employee into the culture and work life of an organization -helps an organization discover and make use of the unique strengths of each new employee (Bigger picture/scope)
Question : Define Orientation as part of onboarding.
CORRECT ANSWER : part of onboarding, Onboarding is a
lengthy process that includes all of the practices, programs and policies that help integrate incoming employees into a new organization. It is a more strategic approach than a conventional orientation and can take anywhere from 30 days to a year.
Question : Define Training in the context of onboarding.
CORRECT ANSWER : specificity of learning job
responsibilities
Question : What is the purpose of the Initial Duty Assignment
Worksheet?
CORRECT ANSWER : The Initial Duty Assignment
Worksheet can be used as a guide to outline the FSS, MPF and commander support staff requirements to ensure personnel are assigned to a valid position number, and to facilitate timely and accurate input of current data after an Airman's arrival.
Question : List 5 types of Organizational Hierarchy and
Structure.
CORRECT ANSWER : Divisional, Decentralized, Matrix,
Functional, Flat
Question : What is the difference between Onboarding and
Training?CORRECT ANSWER : Onboarding: time for new hires to learn the responsibilities of the position; build a bond between