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The Barriers to Recruiting and Employing Digital Talent

Harvard Business

Finding digital talent is one of the biggest challenges facing companies today. Because these firms tend to have slim margins and cannot pay Silicon Valley salaries, many have had to get creative in their recruiting and employee development. Another common strategy we’ve seen is firms rushing to train internal talent.

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5 Ways to Help Employees Keep Up with Digital Transformation

Harvard Business

At L’Oréal, CEO Jean-Paul Agon signaled the company’s digital transformation when he recruited Lubomira Rochet to be the chief digital officer and a member of the executive team. The rallying cry for new ways of working in the digital age must start at the top.

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5 Things We Learned About Creating a Successful Workplace Diversity Program

Harvard Business

In STEM fields, both the private and public sectors continue to struggle with recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. Like many technical workplaces, UCAR, which has approximately 1400 employees, has struggled to recruit and retain women and people of color. Many workplace diversity trainings tend to target only managers.

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The Secret to Leading Organizational Change Is Empathy

Harvard Business

One employee had expressed concern that the changes would cause talented employees to leave, which would lead to a greater burden on remaining employees. But feedback from employees afterward showed that the CEO was able to build credibility and trust by addressing the fear of talent loss head-on.

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Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?

Harvard Business

.” In today’s workplace, these are men at every level of power and leadership acting to call out insults and affronts, eliminate pay and promotion disparities, and advocate for policies that retain a diverse talent pool. They truly believe the system is both unfair and capable of change.

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Towers Watson Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

A total of 8 Managing Directors over various regions and issue areas help him lead the widely respected firm. The practice areas at Towers Watson reflect the operational nature of consulting projects at the firm: Communication and Change Management. Corporate Risk Management and Risk Financing. Talent Assessment.

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Leading Effectively When You Inherit a Mess

Harvard Business

Recruited from outside the organization, she faced multiple problems: The business was losing money, costs were bloated, customer loyalty was fading, and key talent was defecting. Juan Díaz-Faes for HBR. An executive I work with recently stepped into the biggest challenge of her career.

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