Overview (5 mins):

Welcome to Module 4: New-Hire Coaching & Integration

In this essential module, we focus on the critical role of coaching in onboarding and integrating new hires successfully into your organization. Effective coaching during the early stages ensures new employees quickly adapt, align with organizational expectations, and feel fully supported in their new roles.

📚 Key Learning Areas

• Establish expectations and culture through early coaching conversations

• Design support systems that encourage feedback, learning, and inclusion

• Facilitate relationship-building to help new hires feel seen and supported

• Integrate performance check-ins to promote adaptation and retention

🎯 Bloom-Aligned Learning Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand (Cognitive Level 2) the role of coaching in onboarding and new-hire success

• Apply (Cognitive Level 3) coaching techniques that improve early performance and engagement

• Analyze (Cognitive Level 4) common onboarding challenges and coaching interventions

• Demonstrate (Psychomotor Domain) onboarding conversations using structured coaching prompts

• Value (Affective Domain) early coaching as a tool for long-term inclusion and retention

🛠️ Key Activities

• 🧠 Case Review: Coaching a “quiet quitter” during week 2 onboarding

• 📋 Onboarding Map Builder: Design a 30-day coaching plan for a new team member

• 🗣️ Conversation Simulation: Practice first-week coaching dialogue using integration prompts

• 🧭 Peer Exchange: Share tips and challenges for engaging new hires via the forum

• 📝 Journal Prompt: Reflect on your first days in a role—and how it shaped your performance

💡 Why This Module Matters

People don’t quit jobs—they quit onboarding. First impressions shape everything.
When we coach new hires with intention, we reduce turnover, increase belonging, and build stronger, more aligned teams from the start. 

🎓 Want to go further?

If you're a manager, executive, or someone who wants to lead coaching initiatives from a strategic level…

👉 You’re invited to complete an optional Module 5: The Business Case for Coaching.

📈 This module dives into coaching ROI, Kirkpatrick’s evaluation model, and how to advocate for coaching at the leadership level.

✅ Complete Module 5 to receive your certificate with distinction: Coaching for Innovation – Manager & Executive Track.