Quick Tips on Creating a New Hire Buddy Program
Creating a Buddy Program for your new hires is a giant step in helping them feel welcome and truly instilling the company culture from Day 1. This article is not designed to a "one-stop shop" for how to build a Buddy Program from the ground up. Instead, I will be focusing on some lessons learned and quick tips from building out programs over the last 10 years. This will also serve as a resource for the Catcat Learning Path on Creating a New Hire Buddy Program. Things to remember when creating a Buddy Program First and foremost- you need buy-in. Managers will need to assign and support Buddies for their New Hires, and your L&D or Enablement teams will need to create a program and onboarding process for the Buddies and managers. It is best to integrate the role of the Buddy into their daily work. That means delivering content to the New Hire as it becomes relevant, and allowing the Buddy to walk them through real-life examples as they shadow- providing context and i...