Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

The wartime challenge demanded better collaboration, greater situational awareness and more strategic application of cutting edge technology for the war-fighter. Before we redid the course, SEAL sniper school had an average attrition rate of about 30 percent. The post-9/11 environment demanded it. Incentivize Excellence Not Competence.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

Some of the managers underscored the importance of the ideas to surviving the video technology change from VHS to DVD and losing work to other plants. Attrition declined, saving on retraining. It might have been due to getting over the hump of the technology transition from VHS to DVD.

Process 13

Process How To Attrition Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Nathan earns about $130 an hour as a psychotherapist, and he initially made $34 an hour driving for Lyft, with incentive pay, though this has dropped over the four months he’s been driving to $15-$20 an hour. Yet he told me, “If I didn’t like going out to do it, I’d probably stop.”

Motivation 8

Motivation Survey Incentives Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2014

Because sales reps are more directly networked with their colleagues through technology, they more easily aggregate skills, knowledge, and experience to uncover new opportunities and to debate tactics for generating business. Record growth and profitability, increased rep engagement, and near-zero attrition. The results?

Team 8

Team Metrics Compliance Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

He claims he wants to tackle the big systemic concerns involving theft of American intellectual property, the forced transfer of technology from American firms, and the state-driven nature of the Chinese economy. And proceeding as a bloc is more likely to work, mainly because it capitalizes on the right economic incentives.

Policies 8

Policies Incentives Attrition Long-term 8