{"id":16563,"date":"2018-09-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/five-ways-to-get-new-team-members-up-to-speed\/"},"modified":"2018-09-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T05:00:00","slug":"five-ways-to-get-new-team-members-up-to-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/five-ways-to-get-new-team-members-up-to-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Ways to Get New Team Members Up to Speed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <!-- .post-meta --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A part of every team&#x2019;s natural life-cycle are the comings and goings of team members. Team members can leave for any number of reasons and others may need to be brought in either to fill gaps left by those departing or to increase your capacity. Problems can arise however, when these happen mid-project, meaning that newcomers have to be brought up to speed as quickly as possible to avoid drop-offs in productivity and possible delays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/clarizen\/wp-content\/upload\/2018\/09\/up-to-speed.jpg\" alt height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Managing new team members is one of the biggest challenges a project can face as there are a lot of things they will have to learn quickly, such as company culture, their project responsibilities and how they are to work with others on the team. If you&#x2019;ve got some new recruits coming in and are wondering how to manage a team through the relative uncertainty, here are some tips for getting employees up to speed quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Have a structure from the first day<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecultureworks.com\/5-quick-ways-to-get-new-team-members-up-to-speed-faster\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Research has shown that only 2\/5 of new hires<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> believed they knew what their role was after their first day. As a PM figuring out how to manage a team, it&#x2019;s vital that you make the early days count when managing new team members, as it is then that they will form reasonably firm opinions about the team and the role they are expected to play. Set out a &#x201C;First Day&#x201D; schedule, including introducing them to relevant team members, guiding them through their tasks and giving them a run-through of company culture. It might take time out of your day, but it can make a big difference to them becoming fully productive as soon as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Make them comfortable enough to ask questions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fitting in to a new team can be very difficult, there are existing relationships and work processes which must be negotiated, never mind the actual work they are expected to complete. Letting them know that you are there to answer questions or assigning a more relevant mentor for their skills means that they won&#x2019;t get bogged down on an issue that can be solved simply.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"content-cta\">\n<div id=\"content-cta-text\">Increase your business agility with Planview AdaptiveWork&#x2019;s project management software<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-cta-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarizen.com\/resource\/product-tour\/\">Take a Product Tour<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Give them one-on-one attention<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No matter how much you give someone to read or how detailed their task plan, for the first few weeks nothing can compare to personal attention when it comes to seeing how well a new employee is getting on. Giving them the attention they deserve from day one can help prevent larger issues from arising down the line. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Provide them with information about the organization&#x2019;s culture<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bringing an organization together and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarizen.com\/teams\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">having them all pulling in the same direction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a tough task but one of the best ways of achieving it is by having a set of principles which can inform their behavior. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/5-quick-ways-get-new-team-members-up-speed-faster-chester-elton\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With Amazon for example<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, there is a &#x201C;Rule of Three&#x201D;; No Excuses, Fail Forward and Do It, which are all explained in greater detail to new hires. By starting <\/span><a href=\"\/six-characteristics-of-high-performing-teams\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">everyone off with the right attitude<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> it will lead to less corrections needing to be made down the road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Be clear with both the new hire and the existing team<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the worst things that can happen with a new team member is that not only do they not know their role, but the rest of the team don&#x2019;t either. By informing them clearly about exactly what&#x2019;s expected of them and letting the relevant team members know how they are fitting into specific work breakdowns, their role and what they are responsible for becomes clear to everyone involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"client-logo\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarizen.com\/customers\/\" title=\"Siemens Energy\"><img class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/clarizen\/wp-content\/upload\/2020\/08\/siemens_energy-200x100.png\" alt=\"Siemens Energy\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarizen.com\/customers\/\" title=\"IIROC Success\"><img class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/clarizen\/wp-content\/upload\/2020\/07\/IIROC_logo-200x100.gif\" alt=\"IIROC Success\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarizen.com\/customers\/\" title=\"Financial Services Institution\"><img class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/clarizen\/wp-content\/upload\/2020\/04\/FINANCIAL-SERVICES-IMG-200x100.jpg\" alt=\"Financial Services Institution\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarizen.com\/customers\/\" title=\"M Squared\"><img class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/clarizen\/wp-content\/upload\/2020\/03\/m-squared-logo-200x100.jpg\" alt=\"M Squared\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarizen.com\/customers\/\" title=\"Aliancys Success\"><img class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/clarizen\/wp-content\/upload\/2019\/12\/aoc_aliancys-logo-800x400-200x100.jpg\" alt=\"Aliancys Success\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarizen.com\/customers\/\" title=\"Bonfiglioli Success\"><img class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/clarizen\/wp-content\/upload\/2019\/11\/bonfiglioli_logo-800x400-200x100.jpg\" alt=\"Bonfiglioli Success\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A part of every team&#x2019;s natural life-cycle are the comings and goings of team members. 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