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David Lee is the founder of HumanNature@Work. He works with management teams interested in improving employee engagement, customer service, and morale. He has worked with organizations and presented at conferences both domestically and abroad. An internationally recognized thought leader in the field of employee engagement and performance, he is the author of of  Managing Employee Stress and Safety, the May 2012 Infoline "Powerful Storytelling Techniques," and nearly 100 articles and book chapters on topics related to employee performance, which have been published in trade journals and books in the United States, Europe, India, Australia, and China. Referred to as a “pioneer in the field of onboarding,” he authored one of the first industry whitepapers, as well as a chapter on this topic in the second edition of the business classic The Talent Management Handbook.

David Lee

David Lee and Jacob Schneid explain that to prevent the inevitable engagement decline that occurs after the new hire honeymoon phase, organizations need to dial into the voice of each employee.

End the New Hire “Honeymoon Is Over” Blues

Story-ify Your Learning—Part 1

Infoline Digital Series: Facilitation Skills (PDF eBook)

Our shift to a knowledge economy gives learning and development professionals a powerful opportunity to increase the value they provide their employer. Management is being pressured to deliver ever-increasing results, and L&D professionals are now in a unique position to help them increase the productivity of their knowledge workers.
How?
Research has revealed the effectiveness of new methods for improving knowledge worker productivity. Because knowledge work differs in fundamental ways from traditional manual work, improving knowledge worker performance requires different methods. Yet, many of the learning and development, management, and job design practices still in use are based on the needs of traditional manual work, and not on the requirements of knowledge work.
This webcast will help L&D professionals create solutions for knowledge worker engagement and productivity, while also demonstrating enhanced credibility and potential into the learning function. David Lee of HumanNature@Work and Jim Pepitone of DesignedWork will explain how this knowledge-worker opportunity emerged, what it entails, and how L&D professionals can seize it. 
Upon completion, you will:

identify opportunities to provide even greater value to your employer, and know how to discuss these with managers
indicate for yourself what makes knowledge work so different and what is required to increase the quality and quantity of knowledge workers’ output
describe the principal process and methods involved, and why they are effective
recognize the factors that indicate a manager’s readiness for this new opportunity. 


Increasing Knowledge Worker Productivity: A New Opportunity for L&D Professionals

How LD Professionals Can Make a Big Impact on Their Organizations

Where to Find Stories for Your Presentations and Programs

The cost of ineffective onboarding goes beyond the cost of disengagement and turnover. As anyone who remembers their own new employee experience can attest, ineffective onboarding extends the amount of time it takes to become a productive contributor. Thus, better onboarding means your new employees provide value sooner.
To prevent the engagement decline that occurs after the honeymoon phase of the new hire experience is over, you need to know how you can improve your company’s onboarding process, the new-hire experience, and your new hires’ relationships with their managers.
In this webcast, you will learn:

why your new hires probably aren’t telling you the truth—and the price you (and they) pay for it
language managers you can use to help engage new hires in constructive conversations that help them gather important information and promote engagement
processes you can use—from informal to more structured—that will enable you to gather key information and foster ongoing, open, unguarded conversations between new hires and their hiring managers.

We will describe methods for engaging new employees in honest and open discussions, so you get the critical information you need to onboard your new hires effectively and cultivate high engagement.
 

End the New Hire Blues: Get the Critical Information You Need to Prevent Disengagement and Turnover 

The right metrics—data points that take success measurements above and beyond traditional L&D methodologies—can bring your new learning story to life.

The New Learning Metrics: Demonstrating Business Value and Impact

April 2022 - TD Magazine

A review of Take Charge of You: How Self Coaching Can Transform Your Life and Career by David Novak and Jason Goldsmith

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