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- 28 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note
Many American companies have made a four-year degree a default qualification for entry-level jobs, elevating an expensive university education—with a smattering of internship experience—above paths that might prepare young talent for...
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by Michael Blanding
- June 2018
- Case
Candor at Clever
By: Ethan Bernstein and Om Lala
Clever, a high-growth EdTech company based in San Francisco, had grown quickly in market share and headcount. As with many high-growth companies, however, early employees (many of whom had never managed people before) had been given the opportunity to manage teams, and...
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Keywords:
Performance Feedback;
Talent Development And Retention;
Talent Management;
Feedback;
Difficult Conversations;
Radical Candor;
Scaling Start-ups;
Scaling And Growth;
Developing Effective Managers;
Effective Managers;
First-time Managers;
Kim Scott;
Clever;
Bay Area;
Silicon Valley;
Interpersonal Communication;
Talent and Talent Management;
Human Resources;
Leadership Development;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Skills;
Management Style;
Organizations;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Evaluation;
Conflict and Resolution;
Technology Industry;
Education Industry;
San Francisco;
United States
Bernstein, Ethan, and Om Lala. "Candor at Clever." Harvard Business School Case 418-087, June 2018.
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 09 Feb 2017
- Webinars: Career
Leading Diversity: What Top Managers Need to Know
Workforce diversity is a reality. If you are not addressing the challenges of a diverse workforce today, then demographic change, globalization, the purchasing power and demands of diversity markets, as well as the advantages of a diverse workforce mean that you will...
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- June 30, 2021
- Article
Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Let Employees Take the Lead on ESG
Companies that don’t give rank-and-file workers a central role in their environmental, social and governance (ESG) work are making a mistake. They risk alienating values-oriented employees who question company practices, and they miss a big opportunity for employee...
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Keywords:
ESG;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
Leaders;
Talent Acquisition;
Talent Retention;
Engagement;
Organizations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Social Issues;
Employees;
Leadership;
Talent and Talent Management
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Let Employees Take the Lead on ESG." Wall Street Journal (online) (June 30, 2021).
- 02 Apr 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Making the Move to General Manager
guard. For Esty it has been a great opportunity to expand his knowledge about organizations and what general managers really worry about, and it's a chance to hear from talented senior executives. Helping...
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by Martha Lagace
- March 2020
- Supplement
People Analytics at Teach For America (B)
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Julia Kelley
This is a supplement to the People Analytics at Teach For America (A) case. In this supplement, situated one year after the A case, Managing Director Michael Metzger must decide how to apply his team's predictive models generated from the previous year’s data.
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Keywords:
Analytics;
Human Resource Management;
Data;
Workforce;
Hiring;
Talent Management;
Forecasting;
Predictive Analytics;
Organizational Behavior;
Recruiting;
Analytics and Data Science;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Talent and Talent Management
Polzer, Jeffrey T., and Julia Kelley. "People Analytics at Teach For America (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 420-086, March 2020.
- Awards
Axiom Business Book Award Gold Medal in the Operations Management category
By: Boris Groysberg
Won the 2011 Axiom Business Book Award Gold Medal in the Operations Management category for Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance (Princeton University Press, 2010).
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- Web
Attract additional Black talent to all parts of the HBS community. - Advancing Racial Equity
talented Black applicants to the MBA Program, as well as other underrepresented minority groups, through trusted partnerships with the HBS African American Alumni Association and organizations such as View Details
- 09 Mar 2016
- News
What Ruthless Innovators Can Learn from the New England Patriots
- April 2014
- Supplement
Managing Change at Axis Bank (B)
By: Paul Healy and Rachna Tahilyani
Axis Bank is India's third largest private sector bank. In April 2009, Shikha Sharma, an outsider was appointed as its CEO. She took over from a person who had overseen ten years of rapid growth at the bank. The selection of an outsider as the new CEO surprised many...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Transformation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Valuation;
Finance;
Banks and Banking;
Financial Services Industry;
Banking Industry;
India
Healy, Paul, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Managing Change at Axis Bank (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 114-083, April 2014.
- August 2015 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Shonda Rhimes' ShondaLand
By: Anita Elberse and Henry McGee
In January 2015, superstar television creator Shonda Rhimes, whose production company ShondaLand dominates American television's most competitive and lucrative night with three shows in primetime on network ABC's Thursday night, is plotting the future. One challenge...
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Entertainment;
Television;
Broadcasting;
Creative Industries;
Television Industry;
Product Portfolio Management;
Superstar;
Talent Management;
Television Entertainment;
Media;
Creativity;
Marketing;
Talent and Talent Management;
Personal Development and Career;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
United States
Elberse, Anita, and Henry McGee. "Shonda Rhimes' ShondaLand." Harvard Business School Case 516-026, August 2015. (Revised June 2019.)
- 05 Aug 2010
- News
Google Wave Decision Shows Strong Innovation Management
- March 2014
- Case
Managing Change at Axis Bank (A)
By: Paul Healy and Rachna Tahilyani
Axis Bank is India's third largest private sector bank. In April 2009, Shikha Sharma, an outsider, was appointed as its CEO. She took over from a person who had overseen ten years of rapid growth at the bank. The selection of an outsider as the new CEO surprised many...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Transformation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Valuation;
Finance;
Banks and Banking;
Financial Services Industry;
Banking Industry;
India
Healy, Paul, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Managing Change at Axis Bank (A)." Harvard Business School Case 114-082, March 2014.
- January 2021
- Case
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (A)
By: David J. Collis, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
This case follows Christophe Weber, President and CEO of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, a leading pharmaceutical company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, as Takeda considers acquiring Shire Plc, a biotech company based in Ireland. The acquisition would turn...
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Keywords:
Pharmaceutical Companies;
Pharmaceuticals;
Biotech;
Biotechnology;
M&A;
Mergers & Acquisitions;
R&D;
Talent Management;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Globalization;
Management;
Global Strategy;
Talent and Talent Management;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Japan;
Asia
Collis, David J., Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (A)." Harvard Business School Case 721-373, January 2021.
- August 2009 (Revised November 2010)
- Case
Managing Creativity at Shanghai Tang
By: Roy Y.J. Chua and Robert G. Eccles
Shanghai Tang is a luxury brand that focuses on Chinese-inspired fashion, accessories, and home decoration products. In fall 2008, amidst a growing global economic crisis, Raphael Ie Masne, executive chairman of Shanghai Tang, had to decide what to do with the recently...
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Keywords:
Talent and Talent Management;
Financial Crisis;
Employee Relationship Management;
Selection and Staffing;
Creativity;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Chua, Roy Y.J., and Robert G. Eccles. "Managing Creativity at Shanghai Tang." Harvard Business School Case 410-018, August 2009. (Revised November 2010.)
- 05 Mar 2008
- What Do You Think?
Where Will Management Innovation Take Us?
newer generations of talent will retain their innovative ways as they mature. Or that important tasks of management will be ceded to those lower in the ranks while newly-minted senior View Details
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by Jim Heskett
- October 2017
- Case
LeBron James: Building a Hollywood Empire
By: Anita Elberse
It is June 2016. Superstar basketball player LeBron James and his childhood friend and business partner Maverick Carter are celebrating James’ third NBA championship. The duo will soon have to decide on a strategy for their media businesses—their film and television...
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Keywords:
Film;
Motion Picutres;
Superstar;
Innovation;
Creative Industries;
Talent;
General Management;
Celebrities;
Marketing;
Entertainment;
Sports;
Media;
Film Entertainment;
Innovation Strategy;
Talent and Talent Management;
Strategy;
Digital Strategy;
Sports Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Elberse, Anita. "LeBron James: Building a Hollywood Empire." Harvard Business School Case 518-042, October 2017.
- August 2016 (Revised March 2019)
- Case
Tom Kalil: Leading Technology & Innovation at the White House
By: Linda A. Hill and Allison J. Wigen
This case explores the role of Tom Kalil as Deputy Director for Technology & Innovation at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. With the end of President Obama's Administration drawing near, Kalil and his team of "policy entrepreneurs" must work to...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Innovation Leadership;
Government Innovation;
Talent Management;
Collaboration;
Policy-making;
Public Sector Management;
Leadership And Managing People;
Public-Private Partnerships;
Ecosystems;
Science And Technology Studies;
Public Entrepreneurship;
Business And Government;
Entrepreneurship;
Government and Politics;
Leadership;
Networks;
Partners and Partnerships;
Science;
Technology;
Technology Industry;
North and Central America;
United States;
District of Columbia
Hill, Linda A., and Allison J. Wigen. "Tom Kalil: Leading Technology & Innovation at the White House." Harvard Business School Case 417-021, August 2016. (Revised March 2019.)