By Erika Rahman
8 Ways To Connect New Employees To Company Culture
To uncover the best practices for making employees feel connected to company culture during onboarding, we asked eight top executives and HR professionals to share their strategies. From implementing a buddy system and group activities to creating an interactive onboarding experience, these leaders provide valuable insights into effective onboarding practices. Join us in this 8-parts reading series.
Part 5 of 8 – Assign Existing Employees As Cultural Ambassadors
Nobody understands a company’s culture better than its existing employees. They can be a company’s cultural ambassadors, helping new employees understand and adapt to the company’s values, culture, and practices. In addition, communicating company culture shouldn’t be left solely to HR or the manager. Everyone can take part.
We consider the onboarding process to be everyone’s job, and the existing employees have been pivotal in providing peer support and mentorship. In addition, getting all employees to work together toward achieving a common goal has a positive impact on fostering and maintaining company culture.
(Young Pham, Founder and Project Manager, Biz Report)
What you can learn?
Who knew one of the best resources for helping with an effective onboarding process was right under your nose! Using existing employees to act as cultural ambassadors is such an easy way to help new hires adapt to the company’s values and practices. Getting everyone to work together fosters and maintains a strong company culture. Being able to start this type of fellowship from the very first day can make a huge difference in the long run of your organization and for your employees.
