Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2014

Take, for example, a large media company we work with that invested in an internal social-networking platform for the commercial organization. Record growth and profitability, increased rep engagement, and near-zero attrition. The goal was to help sales reps exchange information about complex accounts. The results?

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Team Metrics Compliance Attrition 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Greg Gianforte, the founder of RightNow, told me years ago that one of the best decisions he made was to build his engineering operation in Montana. Attrition is non-existent. Large operations in Arizona, Utah, or India would work in your favor, not against. Costs are low. Quality of life is high. Entrepreneurship'

Venture Funding 8

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Attrition Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

In return, the company got a workforce of loyal employees, with less attrition and higher productivity compared to other firms. VP of Operations. According to Reddy, the attrition rate of disabled youth is 1% compared to 10%-15% for others. Today, 280 of their 2500 workforce are disabled youth. Productivity is higher.

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Company Crisis Attrition Public Relations 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

When the staff conversation turns to operating margins, cash flow, inventory, or revenue, does the CHRO tune out? Increasingly the way to reach the next generation of employees is through social media , both to recruit them and to engage them. Do you know the impact attrition has on your customer satisfaction and your ability to grow?

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Metrics Human Resources Attrition CEO 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

So I reached out to Brandon Webb, an innovative SEAL trainer/educator, and CEO of Force12 Media for real-world perspective on what industry could learn from a special operations sensibility. Before we redid the course, SEAL sniper school had an average attrition rate of about 30 percent. That scares me. They are self-motivators.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Promoting a single brand with a single campaign naturally makes for a more efficient marketing spend, but in today’s fragmented media landscape, the advantage is even more pronounced. Because many companies are operating with lower margins today than in the past, they need increased flexibility to better manage costs and inventory.

Advertising 8

Advertising Brand Company Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Thirty-seven of our competitors — successful homebuilders — went out of business in two years, an attrition rate of about 50 percent. It can be a den, nursery, study, man cave, home office, media room, hobby room, or game room for the kids. Everyone in the industry felt the impact. I've never seen that kind of fallout.

Airlines 14

Airlines Chief Executive Officer Attrition Incentives 14