Consulting firm Elevate Global Ltd. says that as long as factories pay competitive wages, the most effective way to retain employees is to improve communication.

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Usually considered to be the most primitive and essential form of communication, touch is so powerful and effective that clinical studies at Mayo Clinic show that premature babies who are stroked grow 40 percent faster than those who do not receive the same amount of touching.

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