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Effective Remote Work
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Effective Remote Work

by Dr. James Stanier
March 2022
Intermediate to advanced
350 pages
9h 14m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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The Contribution Curve

When an employee starts a new job, they transition through a contribution curve. It looks like the figure.

images/OnboardingAndOrientation/contributioncurve.png

At the beginning and end of the line, there are two outputs for the employee:

  • Net negative. An individual produces a net-negative output for the business as they ramp up. As horrible as it sounds, the organization would produce more output if the new person wasn’t there because they need help from others.

  • Net positive. An individual produces a net-positive output for the business. Some people produce more of a net-positive output than others, and you would hope that those people are rewarded fairly for doing so.

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