In the plaintiff legal world, you can’t succeed without a team. Would you believe me if I told you this concept goes against every grain of my being? I am NOT a team player, so says my family. I tend to agree, and I’m working on it! I grew up playing competitive tennis… SINGLES, to be clear. No team, just me. If I lost, I had only myself to blame. I didn’t have to rely on anyone else to win the match but me! Even playing tennis at the collegiate level wasn’t like other sports. Yes, I was on a team, but when it came to winning, I was only concerned about my match. It was me, one on one, versus my opponent. Pretty singular, right? It wasn’t until I found my tennis career over and I had started a family that I really took note of my “not a team player” attitude. I had a teammate for life and didn’t have the “teamwork makes the dream work” mentality. You can imagine the learning curve I had in front of me. I am happy to report that I’ve been married for fourteen glorious years, have three beautiful children, and am STILL learning to be a team player. I believe it’s the process of needing to learn new ways and evolve my mindset that has allowed me to really examine and understand what it takes to build a great team from the ground up on a deep level. It didn’t come naturally to me, so I had to become an eternal student. The learning doesn’t ever stop, so . . . take a lesson from me. Be a team player, invest in your team NOW, and set them up for success. How do you do that? It starts with the onboarding process. The onboarding process is VITAL not only to employee retention but to the firm’s overall success.
In summary, the onboarding process isn’t one you should be neglecting. Glassdoor states organizations with a strong onboarding process improve new hire retention by 87% and productivity by 70%. The numbers don’t lie! You can’t succeed without a team that sticks around. Improving your onboarding process and evaluating how it can optimize your new team members will improve your firm’s overall success. When your employees feel appreciated and valued, they don’t leave! Happy Onboarding!