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Research: The Risks of Founding a Startup Near Big Companies

Harvard Business

When startups are deciding where to locate, many consider setting up shop in “tech clusters” that have developed labor markets for the specialized staff that startups need to grow. Yet these areas are dense with talent for a reason: It’s often due to the presence of large firms with whom these fledgling companies must compete.

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How to Retain Your Best Sales Talent

Harvard Business

A recent study found that 56% of sales professionals are actively job hunting.

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Talent Matters Even More than People Think

Harvard Business

Leaving aside luck, which equates to confessing that we don’t really know, there are really just two explanations: talent and effort. Talent concerns the abilities, skills, and expertise that determine what a person can do. Effort concerns the degree to which the person deploys their talents. Is talent overrated?

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Developing Employees’ Strengths Boosts Sales, Profit, and Engagement

Harvard Business

Gallup has studied thousands of work teams and millions of leaders, managers, and employees for more than five decades. We’ve found that there’s significant potential in developing what is innately right with people versus trying to fix what’s wrong with them. It included 49,495 business units with 1.2

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How Johnson & Johnson and American Express Are Developing Young Leaders

Harvard Business

workforce — and companies will increasingly grapple with how to accelerate the development of those individuals for leadership positions. The study examined the management and development preferences of America’s young and rising corporate leaders. American Express.

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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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Invest In Your People Now: The 6 Biggest Benefits of Leadership Development

Clarity Consultants

That’s where leadership development programs come in. That’s why we’re breaking down how leadership development consultants can help and some of the benefits of partnering with a consulting firm. That’s why we’re breaking down how leadership development consultants can help and some of the benefits of partnering with a consulting firm.