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Program -
Onboard Amsterdam 2024
Ready to dive into the exciting world of Onboard Amsterdam 2024? We've got an action-packed program lined up just for you. Join us on November 14th for a day filled with insightful talks, thought-provoking discussions, and interactive sessions. The full program, complete with topics and speakers, is right here on this page.
Doors open from 9.00; the opening acts starts at 10.00.
Stage 1
Talya Bauer - Founder of the 6 C's onboarding framework
Sweder de Bruijn - Director of Product & Development at Appical
Internships, the secret sauce
What’s the key ingredient behind nailing your employer branding, recruitment, onboarding, and retention? Internships! Learn how to use internships as a powerful tool in today’s competitive job market through Maarten Brand’s “Internship Cycle.” In this talk, Maarten will guide you on how to deliver five-star experiences for interns by evaluating every step of their journey—transforming average placements into unforgettable, impactful experiences.
From pains to gains: Implementing research-based insights in your onboarding processes
Enabling managers for workplace mental well-being: The why and how
For 69% of people, their manager has as much influence on their mental well-being as their partner. How can HR empower managers to create a supportive environment? During this keynote, you will learn:
- Why it is important to engage your managers in mental well-being?
- How to engage your managers in mental well-being?
- The impact of engaging your managers in mental well-being.
Empowering Personal Growth within Organisations with AI-Driven Learning
This talk will explore how AI can improve onboarding by creating personalized plans based on each new hire’s role, skills, and preferences. Through AI companies can provide new employees with the exact training and resources they need, resulting in a more effective onboarding experience. It will also cover how AI-driven chatbots offer real-time support, guiding new hires by answering common questions and helping them navigate smoothly.
Key topics include personalized learning paths, gamified training, and AI's ability to track performance and offer feedback. The talk will demonstrate how AI makes onboarding more efficient, tailored, and interactive for both new hires and HR teams.
Optimizing Employee Lifetime Value (ELTV) through Onboarding, Performance Calibration and Growth
Everything about how we build, scale and manage teams has quickly changed. Join Barbra Gago to learn about why it's important to think about onboarding as the first step to optimizing employee outcomes. She will explain how to rethink performance calibration and employee development to create lasting business impact through employees over time.
Stage 2
Crafting optimal onboarding experiences: evidence-based insights
What moments truly matter during onboarding? How do they influence expectations and emotions, and what role do pre-boarding experiences play? These questions guided research into employee onboarding, examining over 500 impactful moments and their effects on work engagement and turnover.
In this talk, Sanne will illustrate the key findings and offer practical insights, covering (1) the most significant moments for new employees, (2) how these moments and pre-boarding shape expectations, and (3) how emotions and expectations together predict key outcomes like employee engagement and organizational pride.
Purpose Unleashed: Bringing Meaning to Work from Day One
This hands-on keynote is a condensed version of Alberto’s work with companies like KPMG, Heineken, and IKEA, helping employees find meaning in their roles, stay in their roles longer, and deliver exceptional work. He introduces “Just on Purpose's” proven tool for aligning personal purpose with your organization and new role, which is particularly effective during onboarding.
Whether for yourself, your team, or your organization's onboarding process, you’ll leave with practical tools to make an immediate impact. You’ll know how to bring more purpose and meaning to your work from day one, enhancing both your fulfillment and your contribution to the organization’s success.
(In Dutch) Gemeenten paneldiscussie: Effectieve Onboarding: Best Practices en Uitdagingen binnen Gemeenten
In deze interactieve paneldiscussie zullen Gemeente Den Haag, Gemeente Utrecht en Noaberkracht hun ervaringen delen over het onboardingproces van nieuwe medewerkers. De sessie richt zich op de best practices en uitdagingen die deze gemeenten tegenkomen bij het integreren van nieuwe medewerkers in hun organisaties. De panelleden zullen ingaan op diverse onderwerpen, zoals de rol van technologie, het belang van cultuur, en de impact van persoonlijke versus digitale onboarding. Deze discussies bieden waardevolle inzichten voor iedereen die betrokken is bij het verbeteren van onboardingprocessen binnen de publieke sector.
Panel Discussion: From Verification to Employment: How Technology is Enhancing Talent Screening and Onboarding?
This panel discussion explores how the shift to a skills-based economy impacts hiring, onboarding, and employee development. Despite advances in HR tech, verifying employment, education, and credentials is still often slow and manual. We’ll use real-case examples from Randstad, AON, and Rabobank to show how trusted frameworks for sharing career records are solving these issues.
Our panelists will share their experiences using verifiable digital credentials to accelerate hiring, enhance compliance, and empower candidates to manage their career data. And we’ll examine how this tech is transforming reskilling efforts and workforce re-entry programs.
Stage 3
Moments that matter: How to drive employee engagement from the get-go
What are the key "moments that matter" in an employee's journey? Those crucial points that shape engagement and drive success for your organization? Personio's trend-expert Max will show why it’s so important to focus on engagement right from day one. You'll walk away with practical tips on how to make the most of every stage, from attracting talent to onboarding and beyond. Let’s explore how to create an employee experience that truly makes an impact, every step of the way.
Confessions from 100 new joiners - actionable insights for your onboarding
You think you know what your new joiners really need? Do you believe your high scores mean you're doing great? Are you sure they’re following the onboarding journey you designed? Think again…
Get ready to be surprised by the insights Frank Philips gathered from over 100 new joiners across various organizations. Not only will he share eye-opening findings, but he will also provide easy-to-execute actions for any organization.
This talk will offer you:
- A fresh perspective on the new joiner experience
- Actionable insights
- A format to collect confessions on your own
The Ultimate Employee Experience Playbook at JustEat Takeaway
In this presentation, Inez will share how she helped JustEat Takeaway build their Employee Experience (EX) capability, create a consistent Way of Working, and develop an EX Playbook to apply the Employee Experience Design Method across the company. Drawing from Lean Startup, Design Thinking, and Agile, she guided the team in enhancing key moments in the employee journey.
This session covers aligning and training HR, building the EX playbook, and making it scalable for diverse teams. You’ll also see how JustEat Takeaway actively uses these tools to gather feedback, address employee pain points, and create a smoother, more engaging experience.
Core Values: Long-term onboard in a short-term business
Johan Cruyff once said, "I've never seen a bag of money score a goal." Yet, money seems to increasingly determine our choices—like choosing a study, profession, or employer. Does money really make us as happy with an employer as a player scoring a goal? To understand this question, we go back to basics: what is the definition of work? And what do the number of self-employed individuals and the global productivity rankings have in common with results on the football field? You’ll get the answers to these questions in Jasper Rutger’s session at Onboard Amsterdam.
Stage 4
Creating a family-centric story: A unique approach to recruitment and onboarding
Steven and Anil will share with you their unique approach to recruitment and onboarding of new employees. They relate every story to the needs of a regular Dutch family (resembling the target audience of the Ministry). Why do we do what we do… for this family? How are our values important… to this family? How does the way we are organized help us support this family? The result is a clear understanding of the impact of the work, engagement, a strong culture and ambassadorship. The interactive part of will consist of a brainstorm to setup a similar storyline for one of the organizations at your table.
By the end of the session you are inspired to (re)create an appealing storyline by yourself.
How sports can facilitate connections in the workplace
Torsten will dive deep into how incorporating sports into the workplace can boost morale & strengthen team bonds. Backed by the latest research, he will share practical strategies that you can apply in your own organization. This session is designed to be both inspiring and actionable—giving you the tools to create a more connected and engaged team.
Low-budget ideas to improve your onboarding
National Coördinator Groningen – Ground breaking insights on onboarding
The production of gas in Groningen has brought great wealth to the Netherlands, but it has also left people with damaged houses from constant earthquakes. The Nationaal Coördinator Groningen is a government body dedicated to rebuilding trust and helping people find a home again.
Working for this organization is not like any other job; it demands a deep level of empathy from its employees. Ernst Blom will give you a glimpse into the situation faced by the victims and explain how the onboarding process is structured to bring new joiners up to speed as quickly as possible, with the right amount of empathy to be effective in their work.
This learning experience will leave a lasting impression on you. You'll gain ideas to make your own onboarding story much more compelling.
(In Dutch) Brainstorm voor de zorg - Hoe verlagen we de uitstroom?
De zorgsector kampt met een grote uitdaging: de hoge uitstroom van personeel. Veel zorgmedewerkers blijven slechts kort bij een organisatie en maken al snel de overstap naar een andere sector. Tegelijkertijd is er een groot tekort aan zorgpersoneel.Tijdens deze sessie delen een aantal zorgorganisaties hun ervaringen en belichten zij deze problematiek. Vervolgens starten we een grote brainstormsessie met 150 deelnemers, waarin we samen krachtige ideeën ontwikkelen om de zorgsector een stevige steun in de rug te geven.
