1:1 meetings with new team members

Encourage new hires on your team to meet other team-mates, 1:1. Some people may find it daunting to set up these conversations by themselves. Foster a welcoming atmosphere in the team where experienced teammates voluntarily set up 1:1 meetings to introduce themselves and to get to know their new colleagues. I’ve found that 1:1 meetings are amongst the quickest ways to get to know people deeply and to break the ice. All you need to do is make it easy for newcomers, so that regardless of their personality they experience a sense of warmth from their teammates.