A Turn For The Better Employee turnover may be good for your business.

Turnover is bad, has long been a cherished management mantra.There's just one problem: It's not true.

"There are definite upsides to people leaving yourbusiness," says Julie Davis Salisbury, president of JulieDavis Associates, an Atlanta public relations agency."I've had some cases where employees quit and it'sbeen the right thing for our business. I've also had to fire afew people, and when I've done it, the business hasbenefited."

Lately, researchers, too, have begun to see turnover in much thesame positive light. "For years, research said turnover waspurely a negative, but we've taken a new look, and the fact is,turnover is not always bad," says Ralph Katerberg, anassociate professor at the University of Cincinnati College ofBusiness Administration. "Sometimes it really benefits abusiness."