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  • 03 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

and advertising/media company Septeni—use GROW in very different ways to manage talent recruiting, screening, hiring, placement, and development. The case asks students to consider two questions: (1) Which of the three companies'... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

are the latest in a series of steps over the past decade to reduce financial barriers to enrolling in the two-year, full-time MBA Program. In the official announcement in August 2022, Dean Datar said, “We know that talent is much more... View Details
  • 07 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back

customer, then the management is likely to chastise the salesperson for failing. But they could also realize that if the top talent has trouble with the sell, then maybe there is something wrong with the product. Small failures can... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 28 Mar 2024
  • News

Rooms with a View

company or a small company,” he says, “you’d always run into this obstacle of scaling talent.” It seems like an obvious need, Mirza acknowledges. “But it’s usually an afterthought. There was no planning for it, no tools for it.” Mirza is determined to change that with... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Christina Gandolfo; Hospitality
  • 02 Mar 2007
  • What Do You Think?

What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?

argued that "Containing costs will come at the expense of something technological advances, profit, access to certain services, and patient choice are likely candidates ." One line of thinking would make both talent and drugs more... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health
  • 18 Jun 2024
  • Research & Ideas

What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work

researchers asked survey respondents a wide range of questions related to their beliefs and preferences. They found that overall, non-binary individuals: Underestimated their own performance more than women, who also underestimate their View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 05 May 2022
  • HBS Case

College Degrees: The Job Requirement Companies Seek, but Don't Really Need

on college credentials rather than on actual job skills, according to the technical note, “Widening the Talent Pipeline: Skills-First Hiring.” This entrenched hiring system has penalized workers of color disproportionately. Research shows... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 06 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan

which has a negative effect on all ventures, sensible and nonsensical. I would also reinforce the idea that entrepreneurship is critical around the world. We are confronted with many crises from health care to the environment to global poverty. Solutions are likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2007
  • Article

Solve the Succession Crisis by Growing Inside-Outside Leaders

By: Joseph L. Bower
This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. In his interviews and data analysis, Harvard Business School professor Bower found... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Leadership Development; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Planning
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  • 19 Dec 2022
  • Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2022

says research by Julian Zlatev and colleagues. Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent Companies have long ignored the factors that are burning out employees. Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson offer a five-step... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 27 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

he is handing it to his two sons, while Jack Welch developed a talent machine to groom CEOs for General Electric. To a significant degree, large American firms are at a later stage of development than many Asian firms—they have passed... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
  • Web

Develop Your Career Vision - Alumni

Criteria with a HBS career coach. The Four Elements: Identity: Complete the Work Role and Signature Skills exercises. These exercises will help you identify the actual work roles that will allow you to realize, on a daily basis, your deeply embedded life interests and... View Details
  • Web

Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

diligence more meaningfully for men than women, creating a male advantage—particularly for men who are reasonably-high but not exceptional performers. We provide supporting evidence across two studies examining placement into high-potential programs in a real View Details
  • September 2019 (Revised May 2021)
  • Case

pymetrics: Early Days

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In 2013, CEO Frida Polli was contemplating the next steps for her start-up business, pymetrics. After receiving her PhD in neuropsychology and MBA from HBS, she was determined to put her scientific and academic knowledge to work to build a business solving real world... View Details
Keywords: BrainTech; Psychology; Hiring; Games; Entrepreneur; Start-up; Start-up Growth; Strategic Change; Strategy Formulation; Recruiting; Corporate Culture; Hiring Of Employees; Start-ups; Startup; Startups; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Business Startups; Strategy; Competition; Organizational Culture
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  • March 2012
  • Article

How to Make Finance Work

By: Robin Greenwood and David S. Scharfstein
Once a sleepy old boys' club, the U.S. financial sector is now a dynamic and growing business that attracts the best and the brightest. It is tempting to declare the industry a roaring success. But its purpose is to serve the needs of U.S. households and firms, and by... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Value; Competitive Advantage; Investment; Performance Evaluation; Household; Financial Crisis; Finance; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • 2007
  • Book

America the Principled: 6 Opportunities for Becoming a Can-Do Nation Once Again

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
This book draws on the author's multiple research projects and field observations to analyze problems facing the United States in recent years and to create an agenda for renewing American strengths through returning to core American principles—but in new ways suitable... View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Policy; Leadership; Civil Society or Community; Cooperation; United States
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  • 29 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?

going to challenge some of those norms and will possibly put the company at risk, at a minimum, of increased government attention. This article originally appeared in the Harvard Gazette. You Might Also Like: Why Digital Is a State of Mind, Not Just a Skill Set Tech... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Technology
  • 20 Aug 2020
  • Book

From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives

For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

    Passion Penalizes Women and Advantages (Unexceptional) Men in High-Potential Designations

    High potential programs offer a swift path up the corporate ladder for those who secure a place on them. However, the evaluation of “potential” occurs under considerable uncertainty, creating fertile ground for gender bias. We document that men are more likely than... View Details

      Chasing Stars

      It is taken for granted in the knowledge economy that companies must employ the most talented performers to compete and succeed. Many firms try to buy stars by luring them away from competitors. But Boris Groysberg shows what an uncertain and disastrous practice... View Details