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Coaching New Arrivals - Unleash Potential International Limited
Uprooting and moving to a new country, city or town in order to take up a position and progress one's career can cause worrying stress for all who make the move. As well as the individual employee, family members take time to settle into their new environment as they attempt to adjust and familiarise with the likes of "foreign" cultures, traditions, attitudes, languages, or even simply accents.
Whether an employee is moving from a different continent or, for example, moving to another area within the UK, it can be an unsettling experience and the importance of overseeing and assisting employees and their loved ones in integrating and settling in as quickly and effectively as possible cannot be underestimated.
All the time, effort and consideration taken to attract and select the very best in talent and to recruit or relocate the ideal, most qualified candidate for a position can be utterly wasted for reasons entirely unrelated to work and the role they have undertaken should they fail to settle.
However, the more quickly the employee settles and is content in their new "home", the sooner they will make an effective impact on the organisation. If employees are comfortable and happy with their home life, they are more likely to thrive and excel in their new position.
One north-east-based company, coaching and facilitation specialist Unleash Potential International, has devised a coaching programme which provides firms with a highly effective solution to help employees in settling into both their new role and environment.
The "Fast Track Arrivals" programme coaches employees and their partners, providing support to them both as they settle into the Aberdeen area.
The service is becoming a valuable and effective source for firms looking for techniques and practices to help staff who are distanced from their previous support networks to adjust, familiarise and become comfortable in their new surroundings.
Annette Evans, director of Unleash Potential, feels that employees reap the rewards from the programme, which is tailored to each individual case and client.
She said: "The sessions provide the opportunity for employees to discuss important issues which are perhaps difficult to approach in their new job with, importantly, an independent and objective coach.
"Being able to understand and relate to the culture of an organisation greatly assists them in integrating and becoming a key, integral member of the team.
"Also, their confidence, which so often in these circumstances can be depleted, can actually be developed, as can the necessary interpersonal and communication skills to connect appropriately and effectively with work colleagues - a vital element in the settling-in process.
"It has been reported that the reason behind most relocations failing is due to spouses being unable to settle in their new area, so this has to be a fundamental focus of any such programme - the involvement and participation of partners, which greatly improves the chances of successful integration."
By recognising the importance of such procedures and putting a real effort into making an employee's transition, move and relocation as stress-free and comfortable as possible, firms can only benefit through the member of staff rightly feeling valued and appreciated by the company - enhancing their loyalty to the particular organisation.
And with human resource procedures becoming increasingly regarded as key elements in firms' business strategies - playing a fundamental role in companies achieving their overall goals and objectives - putting in place and offering services and resources to aid and assist staff members settle and adjust must be considered a vital factor for growth and success.
Annette, a qualified counsellor and psychology graduate currently working towards a Masters in Coaching and Mentoring Practice, said: "One of the reasons we set up the 'Fast Track Arrivals' service was because many of our coaching clients consistently discussed just how difficult they had found it to settle here.
"Although, for most, things do get better over time, to us, it is blindingly obvious that employers can do more to get the maximum return from their recruitment and relocation investment. Taking new employees' and their partners' needs beyond the material can have a huge impact on retention and efficiency.
"One local energy employer said to me, 'We spend so much money supporting people to cope when they retire or take a redundancy package, but we provide no similar support when they arrive - and these people are our future'."
Unleash Potential International provides coaching, facilitation, teambuilding and psychometric testing services to a range of companies throughout the UK and internationally. Every service provided by the team is conducted on a totally confidential basis.
For further information about Unleash Potential International and the services on offer, call 01224 733706 , or visit www.up-int.com
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