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Effective Management Techniques to Reduce Employee Turnover

The Startup Magazine

Perhaps it won’t be wrong to say these staggering numbers are a wake-up call for organizations to take employee retention seriously. Otherwise, they will (sooner or later) experience the resource drain, high overhead costs & low employee productivity. What Is Employee Turnover? So, let’s get started.

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How High-Performing Companies Use North Star Metrics In Practice

ConversionXL

How did Outreach grow in just a few years to 50,000 monthly active users , $10 million in new bookings, and net revenue retention (NRR) of more than 140%? By focusing intently on a single measurement, known as a north star metric. The north star metric defines success for the whole company and aligns teams on a growth trajectory.

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The Essential SaaS Metrics for Growth

ConversionXL

SaaS sales and marketing teams can get overwhelmed by metrics. But without any metrics, it’s impossible to track growth. If growth is the best way to get out alive, marketing metrics do little unless they correlate with sales. According to Gartner , three metrics form the foundation for those growth levers: (Image source).

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Understanding How Collaboration between HR and Finance Can Improve Business

The Startup Magazine

Here are a few ways to align workforce planning with financial objectives: Conduct regular analyses of the costs: these costs are associated with hiring, training, and retaining employees. This may involve analyzing the costs of recruiting through different channels, such as job boards, social media, and employee referrals.

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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

Both Sides of the Table

There has been a lot of public debate over the past several weeks about whether it’s a good thing to be “gross margin positive” or not and commentary always reminds me that some people at startups don’t quite understand financial metrics or even how to think about which ones are healthy. I’m guessing much of this was 101 to many readers.

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Five Facts About Learning Management Systems

The Startup Magazine

In a nutshell, an LMS helps a school or business deliver their training materials to their employees or students. LMS is commonly used for member training, employee onboarding , compliance training, partner training, and more. An LMS can also be used to train current employees to keep their training up to date. Conclusion.

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Metrics: A double edged sword

The Equity Kicker

Let me start by saying that I’m a massive believer in the power of metrics. As a result we advise our companies to build KPI trees so employees in each department know what to do and there can be confidence that if everyone delivers the company will hit its overall growth and profitability targets.

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