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Guides for welcoming and saying goodbye

Guides, message ideas, templates and research on welcoming new starters and saying goodbye to colleagues, from People Stories.

Welcoming new starters

CEO welcome video for new employees: what to say

What a CEO or founder should say in a welcome video for new employees, what to avoid, and a simple structure that sounds human rather than corporate.

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Welcoming new starters

How to welcome a new starter before day one

What a team can do in the weeks between the signed offer and the first morning, so a new starter arrives knowing a few faces and what Monday looks like.

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Farewells and leaving

What to say in a farewell video for a colleague

A simple shape for a thirty-second goodbye, lines you can adapt for a close colleague, a manager or a retirement, and what to leave out.

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