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The Real Cost of Employee Attrition

The Center For Leadership Studies

When conducting a thoughtful analysis on the real costs of employee attrition, the first thing you need to wrap your head around is that all turnover is not created equal! All of that to say, the real costs of employee attrition emanate from Quadrant 4. Quadrant 1. Quadrant 4. Productivity. Good people are surrounded by good people!

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Does Your Leadership Suffer From Proximity Bias?

Rich Gee Group

Yearly reviews are the death knell for any competent leader — break your feedback loop into 12 short catch-up meetings to review their progress, provide acknowledgment, and help them with obstacles they might encounter.
 That’s a prescription for attrition — and your prescription is for more cowbell. 
 Provide regular feedback.

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Master your Metrics

Lead Change Blog

Customer attrition, decline in repeat customers, fewer new customers, decreasing average sales, and margin deterioration are lagging indicators of diminishing relevance. Customer attrition, declining repeat customers. Unfavorable online traffic (social media, online reviews, blogs). Leading Indicators. Lagging Indicators.

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First Look: Leadership Books for March 2021

Leading Blog

There was a time when tools like email felt cutting edge, but a thorough review of current evidence reveals that the "hyperactive hive mind" workflow they helped create has become a productivity disaster, reducing profitability and perhaps even slowing overall economic growth. For bulk orders call 1-626-441-2024.

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Creative Conspiracy: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration Leigh Thompson Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How and why focused, individual work can achieve innovation breakthroughs when combined with structured team interaction However different they may be in many respects, all of the healthiest organizations (most highly admired, best to (..)

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Three Ways to Improve Retention on Your Team

Great Leadership By Dan

For organizations, attrition is an expensive issue that takes money away from impactful progress, innovation, employee benefits, and enjoyable team activities. Over time, meetings to review objectives, responsibilities, and progress move down on the priority list for busy leaders.

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Is Remote Learning Better Than We Think?

The Horizons Tracker

“The literature we have reviewed, suggests that remote and blended teacher education approaches show considerable promise and may have distinct advantages as well as disadvantages relative to solely face-to-face approaches,” the authors say. “ At the moment the evidence base is not strong, but what we have is encouraging.

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