Ascendant HR clients benefit from the professionally developed human resource plans and procedures that develop and manage their workforce.

If done correctly, your new employee orientation can solidify the new employee's relationship with your organization. Ascendant HR will make sure your orientation integrates new employees into your company and makes them feel comfortable and welcome.

• Prepare for Instant Productivity. Employers frequently overlook the most fundamental question of the new recruit. He wants to know how his work impacts his department, and ultimately, the company. Your new employee orientation should include an overview of each department's function. Provide examples of how these functions relate to the employee's job.
• Manage the Integration. The client supervisor should provide the departmental and work-specific orientation. An Ascendant HR Specialist will provide the company overview, complete review of the employee handbook, complete review of the company benefit package, and answers any employment specific questions. He or she will also have the employee complete all required New Hire Paperwork including employee personal information, Completed W-4, Completed I-9 with appropriate documentation shown, along with any benefit enrollment documentation with complete explanation of waiting periods and benefits.

Managing employee performance every day is the key to an effective performance management system. Ascendant HR clients can download pre-developed Performance plan templates or have a plan customized for his organization.

• Performance Goal Setting
• Performance Measurement
• 360 Performance Feedback

Managing employees can be an overwhelming task. To help managers meet this task, Ascendant HR provides a wide variety of manager training programs such as:

• Business Management Plan
• Change Management Plan
• Communication
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Leadership
• Employee Training and Development Plan

Retention of excellent employees is one of the most important challenges in organizations today. Ascendant HR understands these challenges and works hand in hand with our clients to maintain and develop their most valuable resource, their employees.

• Maintain a competitive employment compensation package
• Maintain quality supervision. People leave managers and supervisors more often than they leave companies or jobs. Manager reviews are critical to the success for the team.
• Giving the employee a voice in the company.
• Talent and skill utilization is key to retaining quality employees
• Implement an Employee Recognition and Rewards Program
• Develop a coaching and mentoring program to develop new hires
• Invest in Employee Education and Personal Development
• Promote Employee Wellness Programs

If your team improvement efforts are not living up to your expectations, this self-diagnosing checklist may tell you why. Successful team building, that creates effective, focused work teams, requires attention to each of the following.

• Clear Expectations. Has executive leadership clearly communicated it expectations for the team's performance and expected outcomes? Do team members understand why the team was created?
• Understanding the Team. Do team members understand why they are participating on the team? Can team members define their team's importance to the accomplishment of corporate goals? Does the team understand where its work fits in the total context of the organizationís goals, principles, vision and values?
• Commitment. Do team members want to participate on the team? Do team members feel the team mission is important? Are members committed to accomplishing the team mission and expected outcomes?