[cdbyr]

I think this is overall very accurate and owning one’s own onboarding is a productive framing. For the content of the introductory meetings, beyond a beginner’s mindset, I’ve found the idea of ‘generating pull’ useful. If you’re looking for specific places where mutual wins can happen (and have some flexibility on what you’re working on), your new colleagues will be a lot more invested in working together, and you’ll probably get up at speed a lot faster.

[kqr]

Did you delete your HBR link? It was interesting: https://hbr.org/2021/11/how-to-succeed-quickly-in-a-new-role

The first few sentences say something to the effect of "All problems are people problems; some masquerade as technical problems. Successful transitions embed themselves in the social fabric of their new position and figure out what those people problems are."

[cdbyr]

Glad it was interesting! I’d realized the part referenced was a while in, so wasn’t sure if anyone would want to read that far to get to it.