Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2024

Should they invest in talent? How and where do companies’ investments in new and improved data and analytic capabilities contribute to tangible business benefits like profitability and growth? Technology? According to new research, the degree of alignment between business goals and analytics capabilities is among the most important factors.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2023

In this article, McKenna lays out some of those principles and offers advice to companies who want to make it possible for their employees to become expert learners.

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Harvard Business

MAY 11, 2021

When attracting talent, a collective mission is more important than job descriptions and compensation packages.

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Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2018

And because organizational change tends to be driven by those who most acutely feel the pain, it’s often line managers who are the strongest champions for “talent tech”: innovations in how firms hire people, staff projects, evaluate performance, and develop talent. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2017

Although there are many reasons for this bleak state of affairs – including over-reliance on intuition at the expense of scientifically valid selection tools – a common problem is organizations’ inability to predict whether leaders will fit in with their culture.

Talent 136

Talent Culture Leadership McKinsey 136

Harvard Business

AUGUST 15, 2017

More and more companies are realizing they must reinvent their cultures by infusing innovation into their DNA. With almost 4,000 employees, CSAA IG has embarked on a systemic approach to create a pervasive culture of innovation. Most people focus on the first type of innovation: incremental.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2016

Most large organizations today are looking for leaders who can easily and effectively move between countries and cultures, taking on expat assignments, understanding disparate markets, and managing diverse teams. Where can they find such talent? Global cosmopolitans don’t need training in cultural competence. Pamela Hinds.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The second is a massive migration of tech talent from big finance to big tech. Leaders in finance should take the following three steps: 1) accept that culture transformation is essential to digital transformation, 2) not settle for AI optics, and 3) assume the disruptive threat is real and be proactive.

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Harvard Business

JULY 9, 2018

Finding digital talent is one of the biggest challenges facing companies today. These are the three biggest challenges we’ve seen: Integrating digital talent into the core business. However, one serious challenge that often arises with accelerators is how to integrate new talent into the core business.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2024

In this article, the author describes the findings from her doctoral research on workplace belonging. Peers and coworkers were reported as the highest contributors to belonging, and organizational culture was reported as the top detractor. Women of color continue to be underrepresented in the tech industry.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This article covers five best practices that are intended to be a source of inspiration for catalyzing age-friendliness, engaging the multigenerational workforce, and activating age-inclusive cultures. How can employers align themselves with these new realities and unleash the potential of the multigenerational workforce?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2017

The result is likely to be intensified global competition for talent. Rather than assuming we’ll work in one location, in our native culture, we will need new skills, attitudes, and behaviors that help us work across cultures. The English language mandate, however, set off all sorts of linguistic and cultural challenges.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Promote a culture of caring, trust, and loyalty.

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Talent Culture Management 127

Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2018

For instance, LinkedIn’s talent research shows that half of today’s most in-demand skills weren’t even on the list three years ago. Unsurprisingly, employers such as Google, American Express, and Bridgewater Associates make learning an integral part of their talent management systems. ” You and Your Team Series.

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Culture Construction Development Training 133

Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2024

When companies leverage the diverse talents of their Asian workforce, they can evolve into more global, agile, and powerful hubs of innovation and growth.

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Leadership Agile Talent Company 253

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2023

Protect your culture — and your talent.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Four common misconceptions are hurting companies’ talent strategies.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 31, 2025

The phenomenon of “ TikTok Refugees ” is not just about shifting to another platform its an emerging cultural moment that is blending social media, e-commerce, and cultural exchange in unique ways.

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Healthcare Media Culture Trends 88

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Great Resignation is hitting the mid-market particularly hard.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 7, 2014

. BRIDGESPAN INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . At Bridgespan, employees have access to training and mentorship opportunities to help push them forward – but Bridgespan skimps on this a bit, because they expect employees to come in already highly-trained, and motivated by the mission of the work more than the culture of the workplace. .

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Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2018

When you join an organization, you have a short window of time to adapt to its culture. And we know too many talented individuals who have stumbled in their new company because they failed to read the cultural tea leaves. In our work, we have noticed five dimensions of culture that require your attention. Change Agents.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Mentorship isn’t enough. Use your personal clout to advocate for your young colleagues.

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Talent Leadership Culture 172

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Companies expend untold energy building culture—defining their values, revamping their office space, organizing holiday parties and volunteer outings. And yet many managers don’t seem to realize that while company culture can be really hard to build, it’s incredibly easy to destroy. fandijki/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Talent development is an informal, day-to-day process.

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Culture Company Talent Development 133

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A close-knit culture can attract top talent — but managers must deliver on this promise in order to keep them.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 26, 2021

This article is your first step. Related Articles: Consulting vs. Leading. Related Article : Consulting vs. Coaching. Related Articles/Podcast Episode: Face the Five Fears of Working for Yourself. So, let's make this happen for you! Ask yourself: Why do you REALLY want your own business? Why consulting or coaching?

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This has been a good thing: Gartner research shows that businesses who put these human-centric values front and center see better talent and business outcomes. Renewed corporate purpose statements have more explicitly centered human-centric values, such as employee well-being, growth, and inclusion.

Talent 254

Talent Research Culture Management 254

Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

This article provides a comprehensive framework for measuring the long-term impact of L&D initiatives and tracking the ROI of learning programs over extended periods, complete with real-world success stories and actionable metrics. L&D initiatives are essential for attracting and retaining top talent.

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Metrics ROI Training Training 147

Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2024

Managers struggling to implement hybrid work policies confront three key challenges: scheduling, culture, and productivity. To build and maintain culture, encourage employees to come in not for the organization or themselves but for their colleagues.

How To 254

How To Policies Culture Research 254

Organizational Talent Consulting

JUNE 5, 2023

Census data confirms cultural diversity is growing faster than predicted, especially among Gen Z. A competitive talent landscape, technological advances, and global population shifts are rapidly increasing cultural diversity in the workplace. Cross-cultural differences require leaders with cultural agility.

Culture 69

Culture Leadership Agile How To 69

Harvard Business

JANUARY 25, 2024

It’s not uncommon for talented leaders to compete internally with their peers for people, investment, and attention; in fact, it’s often that individual drive that made them successful in the first place.

Talent 254

Talent Leadership Resources Strategy 254

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Research shows that managers see far more leadership potential in their employees when their companies adopt a growth mindset — the belief that talent should be developed in everyone, not viewed as a fixed, innate gift that some have and others don’t. But what are those organizations doing to nurture their talent?

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Development Talent Leadership Culture 136

Harvard Business

JUNE 4, 2024

Hiring managers should conduct a thorough assessment of their team’s current skills, aspirations, and culture to make sure they’re courting candidates with the skill sets and capabilities will truly add value to the team and organization — both now and in the future.

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Recruiting Recruitment Culture Management 253

Harvard Business

APRIL 3, 2024

This article offers five questions to ask yourself as you’re setting your own growth strategy. All organizations need a business growth strategy where people feel they’re prioritized. Before you launch your next growth initiative, make sure you’re not sabotaging your employees, and your company in turn.

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Epicflow

JULY 12, 2022

During the recent decade, companies have been making efforts to transform their business processes and culture to turn into data-driven organizations. . At the same time, the talent component shouldn’t be left aside: data alone cannot lead companies to success without human expertise to use in an efficient way. . Cultural challenges.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

Susan Fowler, a former site reliability engineer at Uber, recently wrote about her “very, very strange year at Uber,” characterized by a pervasive culture of alleged sexual harassment. But must employees, investors, and other constituents accept harmful employment cultures in fast-growth organizations until a crisis occurs?

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Recruiting Recruitment Finance Agile 151

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Making the competition for talent even more concerning for leaders in the social sector is the hotly debated “skills gap.” ” How can social sector leaders not only pursue the talent they need, but also convince those people to stay with their organizations? .”

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