Workforce - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Sep 2023
What Do You Think?

Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?

Reasons Why a Diverse Workforce Drives High Performance,” fdmgroup.com/blog/diversity-for-business performance, October 31, 2022. Your feedback to last month’s column As Leaders, Why Do We Continue to Reward A, While Hoping for B? Several... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

of the Harvard Project on the Workforce and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He studies issues related to employment and income polarization and the relationship between talent and economic... View Details

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

workforce expansion. Additionally, Bayçöl led the creation of the Senkron Remote Operation Center, a unit in the company’s headquarters whose function was to remotely operate and monitor power plants using advanced technologies. In 2022,... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Solving for Z

positions for every job seeker, resulting in significant labor shortages in sectors ranging from business services to manufacturing. Gen Zers, meanwhile, will comprise approximately one-third of the workforce by 2025. And they are... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

17 Jan 2023
In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

last? Why is the ‘skills gap’ so pervasive and enduring? Why is the workforce participation at historic lows across so many developed countries? What can be done to reverse the trend toward a barbell shaped income distribution? This... View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

players, enlarged workforce and increased complexity in its fintech business —cast uncertainty on its future. Could Mercado Libre sustain its growth trajectory in the face of fierce competition? How should it balance its investments in... View Details

01 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

specific situations their workforces face by surveying home workers.” What they’ve found is that being single and working under quarantine alone carries a very different set of stresses than being a member of a working family with young... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson

27 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge

five tips below, based on advice in the book, are intended to help further your career, whether you’re hunting for a first job or find yourself at a key inflection point: frustrated with your current standing in the workforce and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

large-scale online surveys, are that (i) self-reported nonpecuniary concerns are large, both for stock market investors and non-investors; (ii) concerns about the treatment of workers and CEO pay rank highest, higher than concerns about View Details

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HBS Health Care Initiative - Blog: Health Supplement

and support from their existing providers, and a sense of isolation. What can leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, etc. do to give the female workforce the tools to thrive during this important health journey? [...] Read more 17 Aug 2022... View Details

05 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast

level the playing field, he says. “We want people to have—on both the employer and the worker side—just a better basis for exercising their judgment,” says Fuller. You Might Also Like: Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First Why a Blended... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

a list of resources for those re-entering the workforce and/or looking for project & flexible work opportunities. Re-entering the Workforce The organizations below offer resources and guidance on re-entering... View Details

27 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance

practices require a certain level of competency and numeracy in the workforce.” The need for a skilled workforce to implement these management practices provides one explanation for why management differences aren’t so easily smoothed... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

19 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

ethics, and workforce implications. How LinkedIn Parses Talent, Skills, and Diversity Professional work has hit multiple inflection points—from generative AI to remote work and shifting skills requirements. There are few better vantage... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

companies, and markets. 10:45 a.m. Rebuilding Industry and Infrastructure: The Need for a New Climate Workforce Faculty Moderator: Eleanor Laurans (MBA 2006) , Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Speakers: Evette Ellis , Cofounder... View Details

16 Oct 2023
HBS Case

Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta

them. Delta was burning through $100 million a day from lost flights, but Bastian was already looking ahead to what Delta’s future workforce should be. “What this told me is that we had to grow our pipeline on all levels,” he said. “We... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Air Transportation

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

relations with the remaining workforce and the press. This process becomes much more complicated when management's compensation is tied to the financial success of the restructuring through stock options and other incentive compensation.... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

01 Dec 2023
News

The Exchange: Help Wanted

Image by John Ritter The path to a job in the C-suite isn’t what it used to be. For many years, companies could lean on financial expertise and industry connections when recruiting candidates, but HBS professors Raffaella Sadun and Joseph Fuller say that so much has... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

Portrait Project

Alex Angelopoulos

I still remember the feeling of emptiness while evaluating my career prospects when I graduated college in 2015. With youth unemployment at 50%, I was entering the workforce in one of the worst job markets Greece had ever seen. I was an... View Details

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