Tips for Successful Executive Onboarding from Raines’ Alison Hunter featured in Rochester Business Journal

Alison Hunter, co-lead of Raines’ Leadership Advisory Practice, was quoted recently in the Rochester Business Journal’s article featuring tips for successful onboarding.

Raines’ Leadership Advisory Practice advises Private Equity and Fortune 500 organizations on best practices for successful onboarding to ensure new executives can have maximum impact faster. Learn about Raines’ Onboarding Solutions.

From the article:

“Having one designated support person for new hires can ‘create a lifeline’ during onboarding, says Alison Hunter, co-leader of the Leadership Advisory practice at the executive search firm, Raines International. ‘It gives them clarity on who they can go to and jumpstarts the community connections that are so important in setting the tone for their experience and engagement.'”

Read the article, “The onboarding process shouldn’t be overwhelming,” in full here.


Alison Hunter is a Managing Director at Raines International in the Leadership Advisory Practice. Based in Boston, she focuses on executive assessment, senior team alignment, and coaching, and has led executive assessments for selection, internal succession planning, and development for CEOs, Chief Marketing Officers, and other C-Suite and senior leaders. Alison has an MBA from Columbia University and previously spent seven years in executive search focusing on Private Equity, People, and Strategy assignments. E-mail Alison for more information about Raines’ onboarding coaching.