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What the Best Cross-Cultural Managers Have in Common

Harvard Business

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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The Barriers to Recruiting and Employing Digital Talent

Harvard Business

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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4 Ways to Create a Learning Culture on Your Team

Harvard Business

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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How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

Harvard Business

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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Study: A CEO’s Decision Making Is Shaped by Whether Their Parents Were Immigrants

Harvard Business

Does cultural background affect a leader’s decision making? There’s a lot of research on how leaders living in different cultures behave, but little on how cultural heritage shapes leaders — even though this would seem to be just as meaningful for business performance as other factors like experience and education.

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Preparing for the Future of Talent Acquisition - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM KORN FERRY

Harvard Business

With unemployment rates in most developed nations at the lowest levels since the Great Recession, and with new skill sets required to keep pace with head-spinning technological advances, it’s no surprise the talent acquisition environment is incredibly competitive. Five years ago, compensation (i.e.,

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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

You’ll have to read on to hear our opinion (see Culture section in particular). Felsenthal), a Chief Talent Officer (Mary D. Talent Development. THE ADVISORY BOARD COMPANY CULTURE. Is The Advisory Board Company is a good company for you to work for? KEY STATS FOR THE ADVISORY BOARD COMPANY. Kirshbaum).