Opening Case

Ryan LLC is a tax and software services organization based in Dallas, Texas. After several acquisitions, Ryan LLC employs roughly $2,200$ people in over $50$ countries. In $2015,$ the company created a talent management team, which addresses learning and development in the organization, including the onboarding of new employees. A challenge for onboarding efforts at Ryan LLC was how to do this with employees working in different locations, including in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Questions

If you were part of the talent management team at Ryan LLC$,$ what approach or approaches would you recommend for the company's onboarding efforts? What information or content do you think is most critical to convey during orientation? What types of activities would you recommend $($e$.$g$.,$ both inside a classroom and outside of a physical classroom$)?$ How long do you think the initial onboarding effort should last?