How the Work Style Guide Supercharges Your Onboarding And Sets the Stage for Building High Performance Teams

Summary:Yasmeen Duncan shares her secret tool for building a transparent and open culture in teams: the work style guide. This guide serves as a social contract between managers and employees, outlining expectations, communication preferences, and work styles. By providing clarity and setting boundaries from day one, the work style guide helps new hires and managers build strong relationships and work more efficiently together. Yasmeen emphasizes the importance of incorporating this tool into the onboarding process to ensure that employees are set up for success in their roles.
Key Takeaways:
Implement a work style guide as part of the onboarding process to set clear expectations and communication preferences.The work style guide serves as a social contract between managers and employees, promoting open communication and understanding.Sharing work style guides among team members fosters a deeper understanding of each other's preferences and work styles, leading to more efficient collaboration.Regularly review and update work style guides to accommodate changes in preferences and work dynamics.<br/>
Timestamp00:00:00 Introduction to the episode and guest, Yasmeen Duncan00:01:00 Yasmeen's background and role as Chief People Officer at Magnolia Bakery00:02:00 Importance of hiring a Chief People Officer and the evolution of the role00:04:00 Game-changing realization for building high-performance teams00:06:00 Implementation of the work style guide for onboarding00:08:00 Benefits of the work style guide for both managers and employees00:10:00 Training and implementation process for the work style guide00:13:00 Sharing the work style guide with the team for better collaboration00:16:00 Importance of strategic onboarding and setting expectations upfront00:18:00 Steps to implement the work style guide in an organization
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