Talent Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Nov 2016
First Look

November 8, 2016

and models, with a specific focus on developments in and cooperation with China. Focusing on why this model responds to the twenty-first century requirements for excellence and relevance in undergraduate education, contributors examine if... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jun 2016
News

Reinventing Pharma

(photo by Claire Pearson for eyeforpharma) (photo by Claire Pearson for eyeforpharma) The newly appointed Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Novartis Pharma is bringing ideas from her time at HBS to drive an evolution of the company’s View Details

Keywords: Scientific Research and Development Services

04 Sep 2019
News

Case Study: Up in the Air

by Talent Alpha, which appears to act as an agency. Therefore the client has to have a decent process to manage remote programmers, bring them into project teams, and test and integrate their code. Perhaps the early contracts will put the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

03 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Carol Fishman Cohen (MBA 1985) On Getting Back into the Workforce

companies to introduce, implement and expand paid career reentry programs for mid-career returning professionals, and runs conferences and events to connect employers with this high caliber talent pool. We have over 50,000 people in our... View Details

Profile

Gerald Chertavian

in New York City, where he volunteered as a mentor to 10-year-old David Heredia. Seeing the divide between Heredia’s potential and his prospects, Chertavian was determined to help expand options for Heredia and kids like him. “I saw that David had enormous View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Entrepreneurship; Services

11 Jun 2019
Book

These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway

R. Kerr’s book explores why global talent flows matter to national economic development and security Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

but it’s reasonable to assume that many companies and individuals will continue with full or hybrid remote work arrangements for months to come. Who’s moving and how? Lift outs help companies add talent without the logistical and... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

23 Oct 2019
News

A Bid for the Future

elections, a fact that has helped Moret attract the talent necessary to address the range of issues, from the over-reliance on federal government jobs in the metropolitan DC area to the need for new industry in former coal regions. One of... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development

01 Dec 2018
News

Lighting the Way

high-ranking executive positions. One of those 67, Beverly Anderson (MBA 1997), is working to grow that number. An executive vice president at Wells Fargo with nearly three decades in the financial industry, Anderson hopes that her legacy will be one of View Details

20 Jun 2012
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Leadership: What We Know

together what we've learned. This edited volume collects international scholars to not only put forward a foundational reference for leadership training but also to offer a community of practice where ideas can be developed and shared.... View Details

Keywords: by Scott A. Snook, Rakesh Khurana & Nitin Nohria; Education

18 May 2021
Book

Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.

Starting a job can feel like stepping onto a movie set without a script. Everyone knows the plot; the challenge is figuring out the role. Managers often know what they want from top performers but rarely explain it. That perspective underpins The Unspoken Rules:... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

05 Jun 2013
What Do You Think?

Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’

get to the top, quality people keep you there." Other respondents helped develop a kind of construct for NSM, one encompassing a number of other management behaviors. For example, Gerald Nanninga couched his support in these terms:... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2000
News

Global Leadership Initiative's Director Focuses on Technology

graduate of Harvard Law School and a former consultant in management and negotiation strategy, Price says that HBS is interested in developing "technologically appropriate" approaches that will reach an optimum number of people with... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

22 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 22

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=anik%20aknin%20norton%20dunn%20quoidbach.pdf August 2013 Managing Talent for Success: Talent Development... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Feb 2009
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?

Summing Up How do we close the gap between theory and results in selecting leaders? In discussing why our achievements in selecting leaders are less than stellar, contributors offered a rich set of ideas. Given their number, I've tried to categorize them into several... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

August 2011 (Revised October 2011)
Supplement

Lady Gaga (B)

By: Anita Elberse and Michael Christensen

In March 2011, Troy Carter, manager of pop star Lady Gaga, reflects on decisions made regarding his artist's concert tour and faces a new set of challenges regarding the launch of Lady Gaga's new album, Born This Way. Is a huge, expensive launch akin to that of a... View Details

Keywords: Music Entertainment; Product Launch; Product Development; Talent and Talent Management; Music Industry

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25 Feb 2020
News

Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller

project focuses on six key forces: technology trends such as automation and artificial intelligence, contingent workforces and the gig economy, workforce demographics and the “care economy,” the middle-skills gap and worker investments, global View Details

Profile

Jack Perkowski

Against the advice of many, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to build his own company. Through trial and error, Perkowski learned that the key to its success was in hiring young mainland Chinese with... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing

2024
White Paper

The British Opportunity Index

By: Matthew Sigelman, Joseph B. Fuller, Mariano Mamertino and Shrinidhi Rao

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Talent and Talent Management; Employees