Talent Development And Retention - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Leading Professional Service Firms

frameworks you need to develop and retain talent, deliver outstanding client service, and build a flexible corporate culture that can exploit disruptive innovation View Details

Keywords: Professional Services; Professional Services

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Women on Boards

position Understand the politics and pitfalls of corporate networks Raise your profile among directors, founders, and funders Match your skills and View Details

05 Mar 2008
What Do You Think?

Where Will Management Innovation Take Us?

including hiring, training, and firing personnel. All reward teams at all levels for performance. All provide generally unmonitored time for employees to develop product and... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Employment | Harvard Business School

Tax-Deferred Account program and a variety of generous, competitive pension plans. Learning & Development Harvard Business School (HBS) is committed to the professional View Details

31 May 2023
HBS Case

From Prison Cell to Nike’s C-Suite: The Journey of Larry Miller

leaders should give the formerly incarcerated a second chance. ARTICLE: A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?An HBS case study shows the barriers that formerly incarcerated Black men are up against View Details

Keywords: by Jamal Meneide; Entertainment & Recreation; Consumer Products

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Launching New Ventures

required resources and support Recruit and develop the talent needed to support an entrepreneurial mindset and... View Details

13 Sep 2017
Blog Post

Ask A Coach: How Do I Find a Mentor?

Career & Professional Development breaks down answers to some of the most common questions we get from alumni at all stages of their career journey. Q: I’m feeling stuck in my career and hoping to find a... View Details

02 May 2023
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How Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated—if at All?

players, often with unorthodox moves. Sure, at the moment AI causes machines to do dumb things and say things that aren’t true. And yes, AI could spread damaging information even more rapidly View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Information Technology; Technology

13 Sep 2017
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Gorton's Seafoods

been recruiting at Harvard Business School and what roles do you hire for?Gorton's has been recruiting for our marketing area at HBS since the late 1980's. The role we recruit for is called Associate Marketing Manager. As a... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

January 2008
Article

Where Will We Find Tomorrow's Leaders?

By: Linda A. Hill

Unless we challenge long-held assumptions about how business leaders are supposed to act and where they're supposed to come from, many people who could become effective global leaders will remain invisible, warns Harvard Business School professor Hill. Instead of... View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Globalization; Innovation Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Situation or Environment; Personal Characteristics

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The HR-Executive Suite Connection

strategic opportunities and direction, performance improvement, and competitive threats. You will return to your organization with the expertise and confidence to recommend... View Details

21 Jan 2020
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Meet the AFAA Club

sponsored the club and its career fair this year. Included in our mission statement is a desire to partake in the professional development of our members, and additionally we... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

February 2009 (Revised March 2013)
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Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (A)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Catherine Zhang

Shanghai Diligence Law Firm, started in January 2006, is a rapidly growing law firm in China's burgeoning legal services market. In addition to the usual challenges facing all professional service firms (picking and retaining talent and building a desired client... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Operations; Motivation and Incentives; Legal Services Industry; China

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What Can You Do to Foster Gender Equity?

“masculine norm” of leadership. While organizations may start out hiring a good number of women, it's not hard to see why these experiences lead to retention problems—and a significant loss of talent for the... View Details

02 Sep 2015
What Do You Think?

What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?

restrictions on the reporter’s movements and contacts within the company. But let’s assume for the moment that the article was even-handed and accurate. It portrayed an organization with a “churn View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Consumer Products; Fashion

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Driving Corporate Performance

organizational structures and systems, talent management, and performance measurement, this corporate performance management program improves your ability to actively improve... View Details

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Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research

on a Passion: Elizabeth Rowe at the Boston Symphony Orchestra." Harvard Business School Case 425-037, April 2025. Skills-First Talent Management: Engagement and Retention By:... View Details

07 Jul 2022
HBS Case

How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)

a second location in Gowanus. That location was a huge success, too, with total sales of $1.4 million. The Disney partnership The couple dared to dream that they could one day develop into a household name like Ben & Jerry’s, which... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

10 May 2012
Working Paper Summaries

The Flattened Firm—Not as Advertised

Keywords: by Julie Wulf

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Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work

labor market. Riding the genAI wave, addressing workers’ career development needs, RTO and flex-work, international talent flows, and the... View Details

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