How Much Should New Hires Focus on Building Peer Relationships?

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How Much Should New Hires Focus on Building Peer Relationships?
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Researchers identified a distinct Goldilocks Effect: New employees benefit from building relationships with fellow rookies to a degree, but too much focus on this can backfire.

Specifically, we found that while focusing on helping new hires build connections with each other can help them adjust to their new workplace faster, contribute work sooner, and stay at the company longer, when taken too far, it can also impede their ability to grow and advance.

On the other hand, there are also distinct advantages to building relationships with fellow rookies. It’s common for new hires to feel anxious about bothering their direct supervisors or other busy coworkers about something that might seem obvious, potentially causing many important questions to go unanswered.

and discussion guides to ensure both goals are getting their fair share of new employees’ time and energy.In many organizations, new employees go through a standardized onboarding process with little to no follow up until their 90-day or even annual review.

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