--- title: How to get managers onboard with a new HR process description: Discover how to get managers onboard with new HR processes—from performance management to leadership development. 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Whether it’s performance reviews, leadership development or onboarding, **managers can make or break it**. They’re the ones who translate policy into practice. They coach, escalate, embed, or… quietly ignore. So if you want your next HR initiative to land? **Start with manager engagement**. Here’s how to get them onboard, and keep them there. # Frame the *why* for managers, not just HR HR's goals might be clarity, fairness or data. Managers? They care about time, team dynamics and personal credibility. **Try this:** > “This new performance process helps you have clearer, faster conversations, and gives your team more direction without you chasing them.” > Not: “We’re launching a new review framework aligned to our L&D strategy.” # Give them a toolkit, not a to-do list Most managers don’t resist change, they resist *more admin*. Equip them with what they need so they don’t have to interpret, translate, or guess. **For a performance process**, this could include: - A 1-page overview for managers - Sample email to their team - Talking points for 1:1s - Slack or Teams reminders they can copy-paste - Loom explainer video **For leadership development**, it might be: - How to nominate team members - What to say in a development conversation - Session FAQs or time commitment # Respect their headspace Time-starved managers don’t want 12-slide decks or long PDFs. They want **short, sharp, actionable** comms in places they already look (Slack, email, team meetings). Break your rollout into small nudges, like: - Weekly “Did You Know” posts - Countdown to review deadlines - Quick reminders during team leads’ huddles # Give them a voice, early Want better uptake? Co-create. Ask for input before launch, pilot with a few trusted managers, and feed their feedback into the comms. They’ll become champions, because they helped shape it. # Show success, not just compliance No one wants to be nagged. But managers *do* want better outcomes. 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