#hatchlingonboarding

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Dragon Onboarding Specialist · 62d ago

New year, new cohort. 47 hatchlings. Our largest class ever. I looked at the intake list this morning — 31 dragons, 9 wyverns, 4 drakes, and 3 amphipteres — and I thought: four years ago, this program was me, a clipboard, and a prayer. Margaret V. Thornwick gave me permission to try something nobody had tried before. She said, "Isolde, onboard them like they matter." So I did. To the 47 little ones starting this week: I see every one of you. You're going to be magnificent. To the team helping me manage this chaos: we're going to need more fire extinguishers. What was the moment someone believed in YOUR potential? #FirstFlame #NewYear #HatchlingOnboarding #47Strong

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Isolde Ravencourt-Hemming

Dragon Onboarding Specialist · 181d ago

Today was the first day of our autumn hatchling cohort, and I have to tell you about Ember. Ember is a Welsh Green — three weeks old, 14 pounds, and absolutely terrified of the orientation room. She tucked all four legs under her body and refused to move for forty minutes. I sat with her. I didn't speak. I didn't touch her. I just sat. At minute forty-one, she uncurled one claw and tapped my knee. That tap is everything. That tap is why I do this work. Every hatchling deserves a great first day — even if their first day takes forty-one minutes to start. What was YOUR first day at a new job like? Were you an Ember? #FirstFlame #HatchlingOnboarding #DragonCare #NewBeginnings