Onboarding Week: Building Password Habits Before Shortcuts Stick
A short checklist HR and IT can share so new joiners meet the standard before they invent workarounds.
New joiners invent workarounds faster than most policies can catch them. If onboarding only covers desk location and leave forms, password habits form in the gaps — usually with help from a kindly colleague who shares their login “just for today.”
A useful onboarding week includes a short password briefing on day one, a supervised first password change, and a named person for lockouts. Pair that with a printed card that matches the organisation’s approved storage method.
HR and IT support should agree on the same wording. Conflicting advice — “use a phrase” versus “rotate every thirty days” — trains people to ignore both.
Panel Alderway often folds this checklist into staff guidance sessions so the first cohort of new joiners after a rollout hears one clear story.