Publications

28 Jun 2023
Podcast

Volvo Cars retools its talent strategy for an EV future

The shift to electric vehicle production means revamping jobs throughout the organization. Chief People Officer Hanna Fager explains the process, from lining up skills to maintaining an inclusive corporate culture. View Details

06 Nov 2024
Podcast

Guest Episode: Joseph Fuller on The Gartner Talent Angle

Managing the Future of Work co-chair Joseph Fuller delves into what’s driving and limiting the practice of skills-based hiring. The discussion ranges from degree inflation and HR automation to workforce demographics, skills-based promotion and employee retention. Also,... View Details

23 Apr 2025
Podcast

ManpowerGroup’s Jonas Prising on the new global talent equation

The staffing giant’s chairman and CEO lays out the opportunities and risks in the fast-changing and fragmented labor market. Riding the genAI wave, addressing workers’ career development needs, RTO and flex-work, international talent flows, and the up-skilling... View Details

22 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Companies Can Expand Their Talent Pool by Giving Ex-Convicts a Second Chance

12,000 jobs to workers who applied for employment via Wonolo’s on-demand job marketplace, the study reports. “The bottom line is that there’s a much bigger pool of talent out there waiting to be tapped,” says Cullen. Kim of Wonolo says... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

May 5, 2020
Article

Why the Crisis Is Putting Companies at Risk of Losing Female Talent

By: Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg

There has been a massive shift in how work gets done inside many companies and the global pivot to working remotely will likely change how many think about face time and rigid work schedules. Might these changes benefit women? The authors argue that will depend on how... View Details

Keywords: Coronavirus Pandemic; Remote Work; Flexible Work Arrangements; Health Pandemics; Employees; Working Conditions; Gender

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December 2020
Teaching Plan

Scaling Well by Doing Good: Motivating Talent at b.good

By: Francesca Gino, Gary P. Pisano and Alexander Rohe

15 Mar 2023
Podcast

How to upgrade the community college talent supply chain

What will it take to get two-year institutions and employers on the same page? Joe Fuller joins his Managing the Future of Work co-chair and podcast co-host Bill Kerr to discuss the project’s research on this critical workforce partnership. View Details

07 Jun 2021
News

Three Strategies for Winning the Post-pandemic War for Talent

2010
Book

Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance

By: Boris Groysberg

01 Nov 2018
News

Want to Leverage Global Talent for Your Business? Read This

17 Nov 2020
News

High skills freelance economy surges as digital talent platforms help build new on-demand workforce.

2019
Working Paper

The Gift of Global Talent: Innovation Policy and the Economy

By: William R. Kerr

Talent is the most precious resource for today’s knowledge-based economy, and a significant share of the U.S. skilled workforce in technology fields is foreign born. The United States has long held a leading position in attracting global talent, but the gap to other... View Details

Keywords: Global Talent Flows; Talent and Talent Management; Global Range; Immigration; Policy; Economy

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August 2007 (Revised September 2008)
Supplement

Baker & McKenzie (B): A New Framework for Talent Management

By: Boris Groysberg and Eliot Sherman

Keywords: Framework; Talent and Talent Management

June 2014
Teaching Plan

Professional Development at DLA Piper—Building the Strength of Global Legal Talent

By: Heidi K. Gardner

1994
Chapter

Person and Environment in Talent Development: The Case of Creativity

By: T. M. Amabile, E. Phillips and M. A. Collins

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Creativity; Personal Characteristics

Article

What's Your Language Strategy?: It Should Bind Your Company's Global Talent Management and Vision

By: Tsedal Neeley and Robert Steven Kaplan

Language pervades every aspect of organizational life. Yet leaders of global organizations—where unrestricted multilingualism can create friction—often pay too little attention to it in their approach to talent management. By managing language carefully, firms can hire... View Details