Talent and Talent Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Mar 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Marketplace Institutions Related to the Timing of Transactions

26 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 26

Publications August 2014 Management Science Smart People Ask for (My) Advice: Seeking Advice Boosts Perceptions of Competence By: Brooks, A.W., F. Gino, and M.E. Schweitzer Abstract—Although individuals can... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2021
Book

Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

Management That Works: How to Sell in a World That Never Stops Changing, Cespedes, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, offers research-based insight and context, and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

Web

Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part - Recruiting

racial injustice of this kind, but the six friends and talented professionals wanted to do their part to make them the last. Starting the Anti-Racism Fund It was from these deep discussions around how they... View Details

26 Apr 2023
In Practice

Is AI Coming for Your Job?

gradually and then suddenly.” Companies will move slowly to deploy generative AI technology like that embodied in OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Harnessing the immense pool of data underlying it will require the development of proprietary... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

11 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t

opportunity seems obvious: If you operate in a sexist country full of educated, experienced women with expertise on their home country, then it makes sense to hire those women into management roles. "You can tap into their... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

shut down and has seen no revenue, with thousands of employees home, since November. 2. Lead by example Managers should model the behavior they want to see in others. If they say employees can leave the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

05 Feb 2024
What Do You Think?

How Do You Hire for Attitude?

spend 2 percent of their time recruiting and 75 percent managing their recruiting mistakes.” Our research confirms that these are companies that hire for skills and try to do... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Feb 2024
Research & Ideas

As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers

overhaul of how policymakers, educators, and employers devise, construct, and manage career pathways, which are the routes aspiring workers take as they graduate from education... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology

Program

Program for Leadership Development

Specialists and star contributors who have been identified as outstanding prospects for increased leadership responsibilities High potential talent in roles that cover the scope of senior manager, manager,... View Details

September 2006 (Revised March 2007)
Case

Recruitment of a Star

By: Boris Groysberg, Stephen Balog and Jennifer Haimson

Details power dynamics that unfold in the firm when one of its best and brightest threatens to leave. It focuses on the dynamics of attracting, hiring, compensating, negotiating, and leveraging a star performer in a professional service firm. In particular, traces the... View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Compensation and Benefits; Recruitment; Resignation and Termination; Selection and Staffing; Job Interviews

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21 Aug 2023
Book

You’re More Than Your Job: 3 Tips for a Healthier Work-Life Balance

multiplicity of skills, networks, industries, and irons in the fire—and that might also mean multiple income streams,” Wallace says. From a managerial point of view, diversification means being open to reallocating View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

02 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

05 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast

Companies vying to fill entry-level roles should take a page from AT&T and American Express and offer aggressive advancement opportunities to workers without college degrees to help expand the View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Birth of the American Salesman

rebuild them as good agents or executives for NCR. But he was influential. He was a great promoter of himself and of the idea that sales management had to be handled systematically, even... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

02 Mar 2012
HBS Seminar

Joe Lassiter/Gordon Jones, Harvard Business School/Harvard University

21 Oct 2013
Working Paper Summaries

How Major League Baseball Clubs Have Commercialized Their Investment in Japanese Top Stars

Keywords: by Isao Okada & Stephen A. Greyser; Sports

Program

Competing in the Age of AI—Virtual

the creation of algorithms, software infrastructure, data pipelines, and experimentation platforms Guide your organization in the development of sophisticated data platforms and artificial intelligence... View Details

28 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

in how to regularly show appreciation, Whillans says. “Many managers feel awkward showing gratitude and shy away from it,” she says. “That’s why organizations need to make a push to help View Details