Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

One of the costs of a weak or negative culture is voluntary attrition, or employees choosing leave. By investing in culture early on, one would expect that voluntary attrition would be lower, and our research corroborates that. As a result, the sales leadership devised a proactive plan to reverse this dangerous trend.

Morale 12

Morale Attrition Early Adopters Benchmarking 12

HR Digest

JUNE 24, 2023

Improved HR Planning: HR analytics enables organizations to forecast future workforce needs, identify skill gaps, and develop effective HR strategies. This reduces manual effort, minimizes errors, and allows HR professionals to focus on value-added activities such as strategic workforce planning and talent development.

Metrics 98

Metrics Trends Compliance Analysis 98

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Caught up in administrative activities such as managing employee records and planning company picnics, human resources departments can too easily lose sight of their primary function: Making sure the organization has the needed human capital to implement its strategy. Consider, for example, the bathtub.

Company 8

Company Human Resources Human Capital Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2018

Evidence shows that women in academic medicine experience greater challenges finding mentors and sponsors than men, and that this gap likely contributes to career disparities. found that 30% of women (compared to 4% of men) had experienced sexual harassment from a superior or colleague in their careers. Career flexibility.

Policies 13

Policies Leadership Mentor Career 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

He admires Uber’s technology, but he sees the influx of non-occupational drivers as a threat to his livelihood: “Competition is always good for everyone, but again, it should be reasonable, not that you just flood the market.” Uber plans to appeal that ruling.). In the U.K.,

Motivation 8

Motivation Survey Incentives Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

The four weeks since hackers had attacked his company had been the most stressful of Jake Santini’s career. The plan was to go public next year, and Jake and his CFO had been trying to cut costs, but they had mostly spared the IT group. Some of that was true. When TJX had its breach in 2007, it was a director and an SVP.

Case Study 8

Case Study Crisis IPO CIO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

What are their attrition patterns? It didn’t find attrition immediately after maternity leave, but there was a previously unseen pattern of departures 12–18 months afterward. Become a market maker. They may not be glamorous, but they’re practical, actionable, and get results. Start with the facts.

Organization 8

Organization Attrition Performance Review Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Selling products limits the revenues you can make from clients: Unless you are innovating and continually updating your product offering, customer attrition tends to be high, and incentivizing repurchases can be hard. Working in projects throughout my career, I have identified these as the important ones: Revenue streams. Sales force.

Project 8

Project Productivity Products Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2018

And today I’m talking with Michael Gretczko, Principal, National Offering Leader, Human Capital as a Service at Deloitte Consulting, LLP, and with Jody Kohner, Senior Vice President of Employee Marketing and Engagement at Salesforce. We measure attrition numbers and patterns. Jody Kohner, Salesforce.

Technology 10

Technology Consultative Content Human Capital 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

But the power of analytics as a mechanism for making decisions about hiring and firing is still growing, and the "application of predictive analytics to people’s careers … is enormously challenging, not to mention ethically fraught." The attrition rate fell by 20% in the initial pilot period, and over time, the number of promotions rose.

Policies 8

Policies Gordon Attrition Engineering 8