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12-5-2020 2:30 PM

End Date

12-5-2020 2:50 PM

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Learn how to smoothly integrate new employees into your workflow using a standard process. By putting in the work upfront to create a calm, ready-to-learn state, you decrease stress and avoid overwhelming new employees. Though there is a time commitment involved, your future self will thank you. We have piloted this process for administrative positions and believe it can be broadly replicated.

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About the Presenters

Alexandra Holmstrom is the Administrative Aide in the Office of Continuous Improvement and an instructor in the Biological Sciences department at Michigan Technological University. She is also a yoga instructor. Alexandra received a Master of Science in Nutrition and a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from University of Maryland College Park. Alexandra is a Lean practitioner working towards becoming a Lean facilitator.

Brenda Randell is the Executive Assistant to the Associate Vice President for Administration and has been with Michigan Tech for five years. She immediately began the Lean Facilitator program and continues to use Lean to improve processes and to develop standards within her own work and across Administration.

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May 12th, 2:30 PM May 12th, 2:50 PM

An Innovative Approach to Onboarding New Employees

Learn how to smoothly integrate new employees into your workflow using a standard process. By putting in the work upfront to create a calm, ready-to-learn state, you decrease stress and avoid overwhelming new employees. Though there is a time commitment involved, your future self will thank you. We have piloted this process for administrative positions and believe it can be broadly replicated.