Insights on the Transition to Leadership: The Power of Onboarding and Networking

IF 3.1 Q1 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR

Advances in Developing Human Resources Pub Date : 2024-05-10 DOI:10.1177/15234223241252761

Sheri S. Williams, Jeri M. Heileman

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Abstract

ProblemIn the rapidly changing future of work, advances in human resources are needed to develop individual leadership expertise and further the collective aims of the organization. This article explores the challenges and opportunities in the transition to leadership for new and early-career leaders across interdisciplinary and interorganizational contexts.SolutionTwo high-impact strategies are proposed to facilitate the leadership transition, namely, strategic onboarding and intentional networking. These methods expand conventional approaches in leadership development. When new leaders are primed with onboarding and networking structures, they are better prepared to partner with internal and external stakeholders in a culture of shared leadership for equitable and thriving organizations and their communities.StakeholdersThe article may be of interest to a diversity of human resource development scholars and practitioners who seek to further their understandings and practices in the training, mentoring, and career development of new leaders for workforce performance and organizational integrity.

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Advances in Developing Human Resources INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR-

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6.40

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6.50%

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期刊介绍： Advances in Developing Human Resources is a bi-monthly journal whose single issues explore and examine discrete topics. These single issues (or "back issues," once the subsequent issue is published) are available individually or in quantities for use in a classroom or training environment. Balancing practice, theory, and readability, each issue is devoted to important and timely topics related to the development of human resources. The content of the journal spans the realms of performance, learning, and integrity within an organizational context. Readable and relevant to practitioners, each issue is grounded in sound research and theory and edited by a top scholar in the field.