The Trial - Onboarding Template
A template for onboarding new crewmates into their trial period
This is a template with key lessons you need to learn as part of your onboarding process. We call this ‘The Trial’. At the end of the trial, you can ‘walk the plank’, which is like an exam. Passing this exam means you will be promoted (keelhauled) from a pirate to a sailor and become full part of the Sustainable Ships crew. Hence, the purpose of the Trial is to prepare you for the Exam and determine if there is a fit between you as a Pirate and Sustainable Ships.
Mentor Responsibilities & Actions
Sign NDA and/or Contract
Add Pirate to Virtual Office (Notion)
Add Pirate to Squarespace and show around virtual office
Schedule an introduction meeting and make draft crewmember blog post (Take Role Template)
Discuss the achievement and length of contract at Sustainable Ships (Rule 9 - Everything comes to an end)
Make sure Pirate operates in a safe environment and achieves full potential
Key Lessons General
These lessons concern most of the ‘why’ of the organization, how we work and what we do.
Read Sustainable Ships Extended Version - in particular:
Cause - comment with your own vision
Non-Negotiables - tell us what is unclear
Plan - tell us what we don’t want to know
Organization and People (Non-Negotiables)
Provide feedback using the comments below all blogs. This will keep your questions for future audience and will serve to improve the blogs themselves. It will also promote feedback and interactivity from outside the organization, which could further help our cause.
Key Lessons Specifics
These lessons concern most of the ‘what’ of your role, setting a target and making sure you both you and mentor know what is expected of them.
How does the Virtual Office work?
Key Lessons per Role (check out the roles, make a copy and fill in your own credentials).
ADD ONBOARDING POWERPOINT!
Detailed value proposition of Sustainable Ships