Innovation Mindset: Onboarding Is Not an Event; It’s a Relationship I remember sitting in a conference room years ago with my leadership team, surrounded by folders, post-its, and laptops, as we tried to outline what “onboarding” really looked like in our district. We started listing the immediate things new employees needed to know (ID badges, email setup, class lists, keys, curriculum documents, HR paperwork). The list grew quickly, but so did my concern. When we stepped ba