“Leave any judgments and any assumptions or jumping to conclusions at the door.”
- Melissa Law
All of us share the experience of being new into a role or organization - at least once! It can be uncomfortable AND exciting. And yet it can be easy to forget that mix of emotion when it comes to designing or sustaining onboarding programs and processes for other people. There are important learnings you can extrapolate when considering how to create or improve support systems for new leaders and employees in your organization.
In today’s episode, we discuss my guest’s recent experience of being the new person around town for the first time in awhile, and break down the do’s and don’ts when starting in a new role and company.
My guest is Melissa Law, who is the VP of Culture, Talent and Organizational Development at Liberty Utilities and is also a certified coach. This is Melissa’s third visit to the show! I keep inviting her because she is incredibly articulate and smart and brings so much wisdom. Our conversations simply flow! I invite you to go back to Episode #1 on Creating Buy-in and Episode #18 on Succession Planning for more great content with Melissa.
In this episode of Talent Management Truths, you’ll discover:
🍏 The role of curiosity mode when new in an organization
🍏 Great questions to ask when you are onboarding in a new role
🍏 How to avoid making people in your new organization feel defensive or threatened
🍏 Mistakes to avoid when you start in a new organization
About Melissa Law: Melissa has 25 years of progressive leadership experience, spanning four industries. Melissa has had the opportunity to work with several large Canadian organizations including Walmart, and Aecon. Previously the VP of Talent Management at Revera and the Founder of Sunrise Coaching, she has recently accepted an exciting new role heading up Talent at Liberty Utilities.. Melissa is an Associate Certified Coach and Certified Professional Co-Active Coach. She is also a graduate of Queen’s MIR Program as well as an active alumnus of Trent University where she received her Bachelor of Administrative Studies.
Links
- Melissa Law
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-law-cpcc-acc-22ba3421/
- Website: https://sunrisecoach.ca/
- Book: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith
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