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.