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Team Bonds Can Secure Loyalty Among Gig Workers

The Horizons Tracker

The high attrition rate among gig workers, such as over 60% of Uber drivers leaving the platform within the first six months, has led to problems of low engagement and employee retention. The post Team Bonds Can Secure Loyalty Among Gig Workers first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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Connecting with Abrasive Leaders

Great Leadership By Dan

Bond, Ed.D., Meanwhile, their behavior has consequences: - Low employee morale, retaliation, passive aggression, attrition. Guest post from Cheryl A. SPHR: Every organization has its share of leaders, technical geniuses or future leaders who lack social skills and self-awareness. Mistakes, loss of creativity and innovation.

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Stop Complaining About Your Colleagues Behind Their Backs

Harvard Business Review

Like the erosion of trust, hurt feelings, decreased morale, damaged reputations, reduced personal and professional credibility, increased anxiety, divisiveness, and attrition. Despite the high costs of gossip, the drive to engage in it is strong.

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Why Great Employees Leave “Great Cultures”

Harvard Business Review

And then we wonder why we have an attrition problem. If the original intent of an off-site retreat was to help teams bond, what needs to shift now that the company has tripled in size? Before we realize it, the organization becomes known for late meetings, face-time, or reactive and apathetic leadership. Employees become reactive.

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Stop Neglecting Remote Workers

Harvard Business Review

These bonds stoke engagement and commitment to the company. This can contribute to attrition. In a recent Globoforce study about the value of work relationships, 87% of respondents said they trust their coworkers and 93% said it’s important to have colleagues think highly of them.

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How the Navy SEALs Train for Leadership Excellence

Harvard Business Review

Before we redid the course, SEAL sniper school had an average attrition rate of about 30 percent. Or must it be managed to build better bonds and relationships throughout the enterprise? By the time we had gone through the bulk of our overhaul, it had plummeted to less than 5 percent.” Webb unambiguously champions both.

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Why Companies Are Advertising Their Master Brand

Harvard Business Review

By developing customer bonds with the overarching brand, companies can offset the natural customer attrition that brands and products experience when their appeal is based on a discrete period of time, like a certain life stage. Customer retention.