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- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
crowdsourcing comes in-defining a challenge and offering an incentive, whether in status or money, can get people to self-select as resources to you. You may even want to hire some of them. So this strategy can play into talent... View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- Book
When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed
starting with recruiting. “We’re very clear that in an interview, and just in general, one of our core beliefs is be yourself,” Wallace says. Relatedly, the company places a strong emphasis on inclusivity. As COO Molly Howard notes, interviewers ask every prospective... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 07 Nov 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United
the world of soccer nowadays looks nothing like the one he started in as a coach at United 26 years ago. Sir Alex has embraced new technologies and new approaches, hiring sports scientists on his staff, and adopting new ways of measuring... View Details
- 29 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?
reading from the Working Knowledge Archives It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/sanjeri View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 14 Oct 2021
- In Practice
Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return
a work-from-home regime to WFA. Beyond improved productivity (under some conditions), WFA might enable companies to hire beyond their local labor markets and reduce real estate and utilities costs. As companies grapple with workers... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 18 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who Really Determines CEO Salary Packages?
solutions versus what drives some to drive more individual solutions.” Gallani also wants to look into why there aren’t more government regulations to hold compensation consultants accountable for their role in determining CEO pay. She notes that while companies often... View Details
- 05 Feb 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?
reshoot scenes in All the Money in the World after star Kevin Spacey was in essence fired following accusations of previous sexual misconduct. Christopher Plummer was hired to replace Spacey and reshoot scenes with co-stars Mark Wahlberg... View Details
- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
Apple. Amelio had attempted to negotiate a similar arrangement with Gates and had failed. Second, Steve was able to endow the work of others with meaning as no one else at Apple could. Fred Anderson, who was hired as chief financial... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
PublicationsInflection Point: New Vision, New Strategy, New Organization Authors:Nancy O.Andrews and Nicolas P. Retsinas Publication:In Investing in What Works for America's Communities. San Francisco: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2012 Abstract An abstract is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2021
- What Do You Think?
Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?
comments below. Summing up last month’s column Last month, I asked what we could do to sustain organization diversity and whether we err in first hiring a more diverse workforce, perhaps to meet a goal, before working on skills to ensure... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?
His research probes the ways race and racism are built into markets, business systems, and technology. Damon Phillips: Hiring people with criminal records benefits companies and society We should more explicitly support people with... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 01 Sep 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can We Train for Trust?
have created. Or is this all too manipulative in its nature to contemplate? For years, research in the service sector by my colleagues and myself has suggested that great service organizations are especially good at hiring for attitude... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 May 2011
- HBS Case
QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off
employees would want to relocate, but that would also cost money. Another critical issue is whether QT can hire enough people who embrace the company's values and practices. "In our classroom discussion, Chet said that that factor... View Details
- 08 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building Effective R&D Capabilities Abroad
excellence. Xerox also realized that it had to hire a renowned local scientist as the initial laboratory leader. The leader needed to be able to understand the local scientific community, attract junior scientists with high potential, and... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
and other sources. But most sales models are based on a linear “pipeline” view of buying and need updating. However, while it’s an omnichannel buying world, it’s not a digital-eats-physical world, and that has implications. Sales competencies are changing. View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 03 Dec 2014
- What Do You Think?
Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?
on; beginning an intervention with the offender early on; providing an opportunity for attitude improvement, possibly with the engagement of a counselor or coach; and then terminating in a timely fashion the employee who is unable to change. Of course, the best course... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Aug 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?
judged or rewarded on the engagement levels of their charges? The challenge begins with hiring the right people. When Amazon announces, as it did last month, that it plans to hire 50,000 people in one day... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture
half of new engineering hires the option to work at home at least one day a week. GM ads offered less than half that, while fewer than one-sixth of Ford’s listings had a remote component. Tesla, whose CEO Elon Musk famously opposes... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
payments to support clients’ liquidity; helped salons apply to crisis relief funding such as unemployment support and rent postponement; hired consultants to create guidelines for safety measures in the salons, and shared them with each... View Details