Lead from Within

JULY 19, 2022

In my own research, I have found that a lack of talent development opportunities contributes to as much as 45 percent of attrition in companies worldwide. The more you invest in your people, the more engaged and committed they become.

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Development Attrition Execution Productivity 218

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

“You can’t spend a lot of time hiring grown-ups and then treat them like children,” Spotify HR Chief Katarina Berg said in an interview with Raconteur , reiterating the company’s commitment to keeping away from RTO mandates. We make sure we contribute, communicate, and collaborate on equal terms regardless of where we work from.

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Policies Attrition Diversity Commitment 65

Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

For this organization’s leadership, though, it’s a commitment they can openly make because their employees live it every day, both through their culture and how they conduct their business. For some leaders, this might seem like a dubious move.

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Company Brand Attrition Open-book 274

Lead Change Blog

MAY 4, 2021

In the workplace, this manifests as low engagement, high attrition, bullying, toxic culture, harassment, lack of psychological safety and stifled communication. As an airline staff member Beth wears a name tag that says “Beth” but it also says “committed to kindness”. Follow Jennifer on Twitter at @NashCoaching.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Ethics 365

HR Digest

MARCH 12, 2025

Unlike base pay, which is contractually guaranteed, these extras offer employers flexibility to tailor rewards to workforce needs , while signaling a commitment to employee well-being. A 2024 Deloitte study found companies with robust benefits packages saw 25% lower attrition rates. The concept isnt new. It is modest yet impactful.

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Insurance Compliance Attrition Examples 72

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 20, 2020

What’s more, it was also found to provide a high degree of flexibility around timing, which can help teachers fit their teaching around other professional commitments and the school timetable, which the researchers suggest would avoid them having to use the weekend for group activities.

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Education Attrition Library Technology 142

The Center For Leadership Studies

JANUARY 13, 2025

Trust is vital to a healthy workplace and breeds innovation, productivity and engagement while decreasing attrition and stress. Both offerings teach the importance of connection and relationships in goal achievement, talent retention and increased motivation.

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Course Attrition Brand Situational Leadership 40

The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 26, 2022

Either way, culture issues will eventually affect employees in their day-to-day work experience, upping the risk of attrition. To remedy this, a team workshopped the following solutions to turn that lip service into a reality: Each employee should commit to taking one “well day” per month. Why Are Employees Leaving?

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Workshop Survey Attrition Bottom-up 98

HR Digest

JANUARY 15, 2020

This way attempts are made to develop such changes, reforms, and strategies in the organization that could help attain the contentment of employees from their workplace and ascertain their commitment to perform at their best to accomplish long term target goals and objectives for the organization.

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Human Resources Human Capital Long-term Attrition 83

HR Digest

JUNE 30, 2023

Instead of outright layoffs, you may explore alternatives such as attrition or offering voluntary early retirement packages. Additionally, hiring temporary workers for short-term projects can help manage workload fluctuations without the long-term commitment of permanent employees.

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Cost Real Estate Long-term Budgeting 106

The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 24, 2024

How To Engage Your Workforce & Reduce Employee Attrition Each of us wants to know we are valued and bring value. In a world filled with turmoil and rampant change, we find hope and stability when our employer—to whom we commit one third of our time—says, “You have a fulfilling future here. Let’s make it happen.”

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Attrition Situational Leadership Mentor Training 52

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 26, 2019

But that familiarity carries a steep cost: slow growth, missed targets, attrition, and unfulfilled potential. He has deep experience in building, leading, and scaling technology teams committed to rapid growth. Usually, what happens is The Disconnect. That’s how companies are used to doing business.

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Strategic Planning Company Attrition Planning 57

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Establish Effective Recruitment Strategies and Onboarding A big reason for high attrition rates is the hiring of candidates who are not suited for the organization. From the leadership’s attitude to the overall company culture, every element has to be designed to appeal to an employee’s desire to stay right where they are.

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Process Attrition Trends Training 59

Skip Prichard

JUNE 28, 2019

This question spurred frank and difficult conversations about why growth was stagnating, why employee attrition was happening, what it would take to effect real change (to culture, to policies and processes, to the product set, and to the customer experience), and who would have to step up to lead the charge. ” -Komlos, Benjamin.

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Sull How To Insourcing Sharpe 73

The Center For Leadership Studies

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Managers and employees need to commit to work together to both recognize and effectively respond. Managers, in active and intentional collaboration with employees, need to commit to regular and transparent discussions regarding the status of the plate (i.e., How to Address Burnout First and foremost, burnout is a two-way street!

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Absenteeism Situational Leadership Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 52

HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Brandon Hall Group found that establishing a strategy on how to improve the onboarding process at your company can boost employee retention by 82 percent and Bamboo HR determined that employees who have a good onboarding experience are 18 times more committed to their employers.

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Process Document Attrition Goal 59

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. For founders who are committed to focusing on their culture early on, where should they start?

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Morale Attrition Early Adopters Benchmarking 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

While most executive search firms pay consultants on an “eat-what-you-kill” basis tied to the business they bring in and work on, we instead use a simple formula related to tenure (which builds commitment and attracts people looking for long-term employment) and to the firm’s global profits.

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Teamwork Drucker Attrition Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Companies are planning for attrition rather than training for retention. Today, it may come in the form of tours of duty , in which you secure an employee’s loyalty for a defined period, and each party commits to benefitting the other for that time. Avoid excess attrition by getting smart about identifying flight risk.

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Company Attrition Loyalty Career 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Protect the Downside — Demonstrate a Commitment to Continued Employment. It was able to redeploy people to other areas where they were needed and then realize the productivity gains by reducing overtime, and allowing natural attrition to gradually reduce headcount. Consider Wiremold , a manufacturer of cable management systems.

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Attrition CFO Deming Outsourcing 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Protect the Downside — Demonstrate a Commitment to Continued Employment. It was able to redeploy people to other areas where they were needed and then realize the productivity gains by reducing overtime, and allowing natural attrition to gradually reduce headcount. Consider Wiremold , a manufacturer of cable management systems.

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Attrition CFO Deming Outsourcing 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2013

Growing the organization helps us to serve more students directly, but it also drives down staff attrition by creating opportunities for advancement that rival the private sector. Equally (if not more) important is our ability to attract committed, smart, talented young employees and then nurture their development.

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Attrition Entrepreneur Follow-up Career 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

When Gitanjali Gems won the best employer award in the nation for hiring disabled employees in 2009, its Chairman Choksi said: "Since the gems and jewelry manufacturing process offers scope for employment of persons with disabilities, we have responsibility to the society at large and are proud to commit in helping." Productivity is higher.

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Company Crisis Attrition Public Relations 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

Beyond the cost to replace staff, which is estimated at 50%–75% of the new hire’s annual salary , this type of attrition damages coworker morale, disrupts customer relationships, and, in the age of employer review sites like Glassdoor, inhibits companies’ ability to attract new talent. The timing couldn’t be worse.

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Reputation Brand How To Attrition 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

Training people early to see how their work fits into the larger scheme will lead to greater collaboration, more sharing of ideas, and deeper commitment to the mission of the organization. Emphasize your commitment to training in your corporate social media activity, too – and pay attention to how it is being talked about.

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Training Attrition ROI Talent Management 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

Outsiders are often “hired guns” who don’t work the same way that we do or share our commitment to the organization. For example, some years ago UBS Americas increased its use of IT freelancers, and it produced a worrisome level of attrition until the IT leaders recognized and addressed the communications gap.

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Cooper Attrition Project Organization 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

to understand the relationship between how organizations talk about diversity and the rates of attrition of associate-level women and racial minority attorneys at these firms. We first studied the public diversity statements of 151 big law firms in the U.S. What can explain these divergent responses to the same statements?

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Diversity Attrition Bottom-up Business Objectives 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2013

economy has found itself in since the early 2000s might to at least some extent have been inflicted by corporate executives committed to keeping labor costs down. One is whether the doldrums the U.S. By that standard, McDonald''s and Walmart are doing okay — their workers can afford to buy their (remarkably inexpensive) products.

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Retail Attrition Globalization Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

Like many organizations, SSoM requires an "all-in" commitment from its faculty members, which often translates to punishing hours that aren''t exactly conducive to work-life balance. The program is rooted in data that should resonate with any business or profession confronting its own gender gap in the leadership ranks.

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Planning Policies Attrition Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2017

It appears that employees who see clear career paths for themselves and who feel committed to a company with a positive value system are statistically less likely to leave for their next role. That high rate of employee attrition illustrates the challenges facing HR managers, but also suggests an opportunity.

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Career Video Attrition Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Where EHRs required billions of dollars in investment and multi-year commitments from health systems, AI is more about targeted solutions. Health care players need to begin reducing their workforces by taking advantage of the industry’s 20% attrition rate and automating tasks, rather than filling positions on autopilot.

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Health Care Insurance Efficiency Document 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

It may be that women aren’t benefiting from the support, but that women with greater commitment to a field tend to gravitate toward similar women. Not surprisingly, women’s attrition rates were about five percentage points higher than men’s on average—a big difference when attrition rates for men are only about 8.5

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Attrition Class Company Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

Pervasive: 66% said it impacts all aspects of their engagement, morale, motivation, commitment, and desire to advance in the organization. performance ratings, internal promotions, compensation, and attrition. Behaviors include leading-indicator measures such as perceived support, perceived barriers, and desire to advance.

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How To Diversity Attrition Examples 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Its managers are committed to transparency and allow employees to constantly scout for new business opportunities. Some argue that uncertainty demotivates employees, leading to increased attrition and corrosion of market value. No wonder Uber, which was founded five years ago, is valued at around $17 billion today.

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Competitive Advantage Attrition Bottom-up Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Its managers are committed to transparency and allow employees to constantly scout for new business opportunities. Some argue that uncertainty demotivates employees, leading to increased attrition and corrosion of market value. No wonder Uber, which was founded five years ago, is valued at around $17 billion today.

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Competitive Advantage Attrition Bottom-up Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

In addition, attrition in the early-career professional ranks was significantly higher than that for longer-service employees. The graph, and other data, pointed out a serious problem that the company hadn’t been aware of: It had a dire need to recruit more engineers to meet both existing and future commitments to customers.

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Company Human Resources Human Capital Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Picture, for example, a Muslim who prays in his car because he doesn’t want to advertise his religion, a mother who doesn’t put up pictures of her children so that coworkers won’t question her commitment to the job, or a gay executive who is unsure whether he can bring his partner to company functions.

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Diversity Focus Group Survey Attrition 8