{"id":48390,"date":"2022-08-05T11:47:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T09:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/cocus-buddies-learning-with-and-from-each-other\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T11:17:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T09:17:38","slug":"cocus-buddies-learning-with-and-from-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/en\/cocus-buddies-learning-with-and-from-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"COCUS Buddies &#8211; learning with and from each other"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"48390\" class=\"elementor elementor-48390 elementor-47686\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64f56580 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default lottie-bg-no\" data-id=\"64f56580\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;enable_lottie_background&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2226542f lottie-bg-no\" data-id=\"2226542f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;enable_lottie_background&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-654f9ad1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"654f9ad1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Starting out on a new career path can be great, but it can also be very bumpy. Newcomers are often faced with new projects and new tasks without all open questions having been clarified. But it doesn&#8217;t have to be that way! Many companies now rely on an extensive onboarding and buddy program to help newbies get started in the company and retain them for the long term. At COCUS, we focus on both!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdb33c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cdb33c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">COCUS Buddies<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13df14d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13df14d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOur COCUS Buddy Program brings new employees together with the experienced product owners and project managers to enable a trusting exchange. In doing so, the program not only has a positive effect on staff retention, but also improves the quality of work.  Unlike other companies, the buddy relationship goes far beyond onboarding or the period of a project, because the buddy is not a classic mentor who is only available for the period after the job starts. We have been relying on the internal program in our Digital Business Unit for many years.<br><br>\n\nOur COCUS Buddy accompanies the &#8220;newcomers&#8221; even when they are no longer new and is always available with an open ear and as a sparring partner. The focus of the program is primarily on support and is not intended to give the feeling of instruction. During parallel project support, the experienced project manager can often use his years of experience to quickly identify potential problems and risks in order to steer the newcomer in the right direction.   This helps to avoid errors and achieve better results in the long term.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-256fbcb3 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default lottie-bg-no\" data-id=\"256fbcb3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;enable_lottie_background&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2064322 lottie-bg-no\" data-id=\"2064322\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;enable_lottie_background&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63886167 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63886167\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"The thing I'm most excited about is when people do better than me afterwards. You can avoid, through my help, the mistakes I made back then.\"<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72dc91d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72dc91d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>&#8211; Urs L\u00e4sser, Buddy and part of COCUS since 2012<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-337812be elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone lottie-bg-no\" data-id=\"337812be\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;enable_lottie_background&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2be86a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2be86a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/COCUS_Urs.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-48336\" alt=\"Urs\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/COCUS_Urs.png 214w, https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/COCUS_Urs-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f016ddf elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default lottie-bg-no\" data-id=\"2f016ddf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;enable_lottie_background&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2efb7ce6 elementor-hidden-desktop lottie-bg-no\" data-id=\"2efb7ce6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;enable_lottie_background&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37063037 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"37063037\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/COCUS_Urs.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-48336\" alt=\"Urs\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/COCUS_Urs.png 214w, https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/COCUS_Urs-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-664351b0 lottie-bg-no\" data-id=\"664351b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;enable_lottie_background&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57459d02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57459d02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"The thing I'm most happy about is when people do better than I did afterwards. They can avoid, through my help, the mistakes I made then.\"<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3738cd80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3738cd80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>&#8211; Urs L\u00e4sser, Buddy and part of COCUS since 2012<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e7d9e73 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default lottie-bg-no\" data-id=\"1e7d9e73\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;enable_lottie_background&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-22aa2c95 lottie-bg-no\" data-id=\"22aa2c95\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;enable_lottie_background&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a74090 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a74090\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The program can be quite different for the newcomers and is always adapted individually. While some have specific questions about methods, others may need more input on issues around managing projects or dealing with customers. Individual support and learning together are at the forefront of COCUS!  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-254974b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default lottie-bg-no\" data-id=\"254974b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;enable_lottie_background&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47458487 lottie-bg-no\" data-id=\"47458487\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;enable_lottie_background&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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Newcomers are often faced with new projects and new tasks without all open questions having been clarified. But it doesn&#8217;t have to be that way! Many companies now rely on an extensive onboarding and buddy program to help [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":48332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[458,570],"tags":[488,498,452],"class_list":["post-48390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cocus-en","category-news-en","tag-benefits-en","tag-career","tag-workatcocus-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cocus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}