Few organizations have manager onboarding programs, but they are key to equipping managers with the tools they need to be successful from day one. In “A Road Map for Onboarding Managers,” Sharlyn Lauby details how proper onboarding prepares managers to start their role confident, engaged, and better able to serve as an employee coach and mentor—both of which are critical to an organization’s bottom line. This issue of TD at Work:

• identifies why managers need their own onboarding program

• outlines a step-by-step process for developing a manager onboarding program

• offers a checklist for a new manager buddy program

• provides a template for developing a new manager onboarding program.