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Understanding the Costs and Causes of Employee Turnover

Tom Spencer

Fitz–Enz (2009) , who coined the term ‘ROI of Human Capital’, also included costs such as: Reduced productivity – the learning curve effect posits that average production costs fall in a predictable manner with total accumulated production. This can help firms understand the best HR practices and orchestrate a stronger employee strategy.

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How to Get Your Team to Use Their Vacation Time

Harvard Business

So if vacation has such a good ROI, why are people taking less and less of it? A 2015 HBR article by Ron Friedman is a treasure trove of facts about the benefits to reaction time, creativity, and engagement. Even if you try all the proactive strategies in the world, some of your team might still be leaving vacation unused.

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What I Learned from Trying to Innovate at the New York Times

Harvard Business

At the Times , the Strategy Team pursues and manages strategic relationships for the company, takes in the resources needed to stay alive, and channels those to the rest of the organism. Organizations that pursue strategies like these have what I call the Ecosystem Mindset. Not just the strategy team, not just the CEO, but everyone.

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Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation

Harvard Business

For example, in 2015 the Consortium arranged a global Zika Innovation Hack-a-thon in which 200 innovators developed 15 proposed solutions in 48 hours to help control the virus. This can result in favoring projects promising a quick ROI over riskier projects offering bigger impact in the long-term. Challenges.

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How to Get People to Subscribe to Your Newsletter

Harvard Business

Indeed, one 2015 study revealed that email marketing had an average ROI of £38 (about $50 USD) for every dollar invested. I’ll share three strategies I’ve learned in the past four years, as I’ve worked to build my mailing list to nearly 50,000 people.

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Inside the Minds of Your Prospects: 37 Critical Digital Marketing Statistics for Consultants

Tsavo Neal

Instead of dumping a bunch of numbers on you, I have included expert insights and actionable strategies witch each statistic so that you can make use of them. Ar you looking to get more out of your digital marketing strategy? 7 out of 10 most impactful marketing strategies for consultants are directly web related.

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