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Understanding the Costs and Causes of Employee Turnover

Tom Spencer

Retention efforts are especially important after the two-year mark because it can take up to two years for a new employee to reach a similar level of productivity as an existing staff member. This indicates that the employee has gotten up to speed with tasks, built working relationships with teammates, and has become a productive contributor.

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The Data-Driven Case for Vacation

Harvard Business

days of vacation in 2015. The question that needs to be asked is whether we are more productive and successful with fewer days, or whether work is getting in the way of our success. In 2015 the unemployment rate was 5.3% (it was 9.7% The finding was that Americans used to take almost three weeks of vacation a year (20.3

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How to Get Your Team to Use Their Vacation Time

Harvard Business

Not only does taking vacation contribute to enhanced productivity but it also immunizes our teams against the toxic negative attitudes that can be contagious in the workplace. So if vacation has such a good ROI, why are people taking less and less of it? Evidence is piling up that vacations are good for business.

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