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Research: The Risks of Founding a Startup Near Big Companies

Harvard Business

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. In a new study, researchers found that when large firms increase their hiring, startups in the same location are forced to offer 10% higher salaries, while reducing their expected growth by 36%.

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The Challenge of Retaining Startup Talent After an Acquisition

Harvard Business

Census Bureau data from 1990 to 2011 that encompasses 230,000 acquired startup workers, the author researched these questions and discovered significantly higher turnover rates among acquired workers compared to regular hires. Why do so many startup employees leave, and how do startup acquisitions impact their careers?

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Research: New Hires’ Psychological Safety Erodes Quickly

Harvard Business

Across industries, from manufacturing to health care, the luxury of waiting years to benefit from new talent is long gone. Yet, the authors’ latest research suggests one catalyst for learning is often lacking when it’s needed most: psychological safety.

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What The Research Says About Building A Successful Consulting Firm With Elizabeth Harr: Podcast #318

Consulting Success

What The Research Says About Building A Successful Consulting Firm With Elizabeth Harr: Podcast #318 is a post from: Consulting Success But if you want to build a high-growth consulting firm, you must make your tactics more laser-focused and well-targeted. Michael Zipursky sits down with Elizabeth Harr, Managing Partner at Hinge Marketing.

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Research: New insights Into Today's Consulting Talent War

Management and IT Consulting

For a second time, the Hinge Research Institute has conducted its Employer Branding Study -- the largest of its kind with almost two thousand respondents across the globe.

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Research: Why Inclusive Hiring Must Include Refugees

Harvard Business

The authors cite their findings from two of their studies: first, that managers who have never recruited from this group tend to not only undervalue the benefits of this talent pool, but also hold various misconceptions and biases around recruiting and hiring refugees; and second, that traditional recruitment processes prevent managers from tapping (..)

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Talent Management Strategies for Retaining Key Employees

LSA Global

Talent Management Strategies for Retaining Key Employees Retaining key employees matters. Our organizational alignment research found that talent accounts for 29% of the difference between high and low performing organizations in terms of revenue growth, profitability, customer loyalty, leadership effectiveness, and employee engagement.

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