The Ultimate SOP Checklist

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Do you want to make sure your SOPs are in tip-top shape and full to the brim with useful AND useable information for your team? Look no further! Our Ultimate SOP Checklist covers everything from getting started through to keeping SOPs and processes maintained and up-to-date

Troubleshooting Employee Onboarding: Solving 9 Key Pain Points

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Most scaling businesses don’t harness the full potential of their team because they stop one step short of empowering top talent as the vehicle for growth that they could be.

What if you could use subject matter experts in your business as a vehicle for growth?

Here’s why and how to empower your team as subject matter experts.

Why You Need to Empower Your Team as Subject Matter Experts

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Most scaling businesses don’t harness the full potential of their team because they stop one step short of empowering top talent as the vehicle for growth that they could be.

What if you could use subject matter experts in your business as a vehicle for growth?

Here’s why and how to empower your team as subject matter experts.

How to Start Documenting Process from Scratch

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How to start documenting process from scratch is probably the number one question we get asked at Whale.

We’ve never done this before, how do we start? Is it worth starting?

The answer is yes, yes and yes!

Business documentation is like planting a tree. The best time to plant a tree was 10 years ago, the next best time is today. If you haven’t started documenting your business process and processes, then you’re going to want to start today.

A Guide to Going Paperless and Embracing Digital Documentation

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It’s strange to be writing a blog on going paperless in 2023. The age of AI, ChatGPT, and voice search means virtually all of us are paperless, even without realizing it.

But if you are sitting in an office full of paperwork and have decided it’s time to go paperless, this is the guide for you.

What You Need to Master the 5C’s of Employee Onboarding

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Employee onboarding doesn’t start on the first day your team member arrives. It starts with a process and a mindset long before the new employee begins. If you’re going to set your new team members up for success, you need to master the 5C’s of Employee Onboarding.

Overcoming the Forgetting Curve: How to Make Employee Training Stick

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Do you remember all the elements from your last training session? All the points from your last meeting? Or even what you had for dinner three days ago.

Welcome to the Forgetting Curve.

Today we explore that the forgetting curve is and how to design employee training so that it sticks!

The Three Types of Training – Part 3: Transitional training

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There are a variety of different types of training that are crucial to ensure you’re giving your staff the tools they need to succeed. In this miniseries, we’re going to give you everything you need to understand the three most important types of training. In this third part, we’re going to focus on transitional training.

The Three Types of Training – Part 1: New Employee Onboarding

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New employee onboarding can be a challenge but there are a variety of different types of training that are crucial to ensure you’re giving your staff the tools they need to succeed. In this miniseries, we’re going to give you everything you need to understand the three most important types of training. Let’s start with onboarding.