Practise the standard verbs for running an effective new hire shadowing period.
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Fill in: 'We ___ an experienced colleague for the first few days, watching real decisions get made rather than only reading about how the team supposedly works.'
We 'shadow a colleague' — the standard, simple collocation for observing someone's actual working process closely. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'Handing a new hire only documentation with no shadowing period can ___ the unwritten parts of the job, the actual habits and shortcuts, taking months to pick up.'
We say skipping shadowing will 'leave' unwritten habits slow to learn — the standard, natural collocation for the resulting delay. The other options aren't idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ a new hire with someone doing the actual task that week, since watching a real, current piece of work beats watching a rehearsed demonstration.'
We 'pair a new hire' — the standard, simple collocation for placing someone alongside a colleague performing real work. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ the day-to-day workflow closely during shadowing, not just the big decisions, since the small habits are usually what a written process never quite captures.'
We 'observe a workflow' — the standard, simple collocation for watching how work actually gets done in practice. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ the session together at the end of each shadowing day, so a confusing moment gets explained immediately rather than staying a quiet, unresolved question.'
We 'debrief a session' — the standard, simple collocation for discussing what was observed shortly after it happened. The other options are less idiomatic here.