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The 3 Simple Rules of Managing Top Talent

Harvard Business

The general view in business is that top-end talent is highly sensitive to and motivated by compensation and that big monetary rewards are key to their management. In my 36-year career, I haven’t met a single person truly at the top end of the talent distribution who is highly motivated by compensation. What was his problem?

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How to Provide Safe and Comfortable In-Person Training as People Return to the Office

Clarity Consultants

Instead, proceed in a methodical fashion. Plus, if you’re trying to expand your internal L&D team, Clarity can be your candidate search ally, connecting you with top talent right when you need them. Don’t be overzealous with your reintroduction. That way, it will feel more comfortable as class sizes grow. Contact us today.

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Making the Talent Leap of Faith

Strategy+Business

Rita Gunther McGrath explains why organizations need to shed their old-fashioned mentality about how they recruit people in order to fill the talent gap. For more related insights, read " The Thought Leader Interview: Rita Gunther McGrath."'

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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. These days, I advise Fortune 500 executives to treat talent as they would customers: Understand their behavior, and design recruiting strategies that meet them where they are.

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Avoiding Fads and Fashions in Org Design: Talent Management Video Interview with Amy Kates

Kates Kesler

Talent Management magazine recently interviewed Amy Kates. Click here for a five minute video on why trends and styles have no place in organization design.

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Myths of the Gig Economy, Corrected

Harvard Business

A fast-moving startup can secure talent as it needs it, outsource more quotidian tasks like payroll, and stay lean and mean; indeed, I see entrepreneurs employ this approach through my work at EY supporting creative, successful startups. Lisa Hufford, a consultant author of Navigating the Talent Shift , has worked with gig talent for years.

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Making the Talent Leap of Faith

Strategy+Business

Rita Gunther McGrath explains why organizations need to shed their old-fashioned mentality about how they recruit people in order to fill the talent gap. For more related insights, read " The Thought Leader Interview: Rita Gunther McGrath."'

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