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3 Ways Social Entrepreneurs Can Solve Their Talent Problem

Harvard Business

The second most important problem, finding and keeping talented people (36%), becomes crucial as entrepreneurs secure some funding. Three-quarters of funded, early-stage companies believe the inability to access the talent they need will have a critical impact on their businesses. Talent is scarce and therefore expensive.

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K-Pop’s Global Success Didn’t Happen by Accident

Harvard Business

Big Bang, a Korean pop (K-Pop) boy band, earned $44 million in 2015, making it among the highest paid in the industry. Three factors have made the difference: Strategic talent management. The main difference between K-Pop and the rest of the music industry is talent management. Localized product offerings.

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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business

Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything,” wrote Paul Krugman more than 20 years ago. Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. During much of this time, it has been shareholders, not workers, who have reaped the benefits of higher productivity.

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Great Companies Obsess Over Productivity, Not Efficiency

Harvard Business

Business leaders often think of “efficiency” and “productivity” as synonyms, two sides of the same coin. When it comes to strategy, however, efficiency and productivity are very different. At first glance, the definition of productivity appears remarkably similar.

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LIVE: How to Make Your Workplace More Inclusive & Accessible

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

In a 2015 study, Deloitte reported that diverse companies earned 2.3 An inclusive workplace can improve the wellbeing of your employees, boost moral, and increase productivity. And on top of that, being truly inclusive will widen your pool of talent to choose from. times higher cash flow per employee.

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Recruiting Strategies for a Tight Talent Market

Harvard Business

If any story demonstrates how far employers will go in today’s fierce war for talent, the tale of Snapchat’s geofilter recruiting campaign is it. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), late 2015 was the most difficult hiring period in four years. Generate and nurture your own talent channels.

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Do Most Companies Even Try to Innovate Anymore?

Harvard Business

The reason for that paradox, as the OECD has warned , is that the productivity gap between firms at the global frontier and those lagging behind has widened. Frontier firms are able to employ the most advanced technologies, which in turn allow them to win market share at the expense of their less productive competitors. billion euro.

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