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01 Dec 1997
News

Multimedia Martha: Sharon Patrick Cooks Up A Winner

Martha? First, she's a celebrity, and celebrities are often lightning rods. Second, the fact that she is focused on the home and hearth is sort of counterculture. She has the guts and the talent and the insight to take that on. People... View Details

17 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage

In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

03 Jun 2020
News

How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee

Keywords: Rebecca Carnahan; Remote work

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Networking Opportunities - Recruiting

Hire Talent Networking Opportunities Hire Talent Networking Opportunities Engage with Student Clubs Connect with 50 career-related clubs to target your ideal candidates and build your brand on campus.... View Details

11 Jul 2016
HBS Case

Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

seen in an executive program at Harvard get a standing ovation,” Austin says, adding that some listeners were driven to tears. “It was quite an experience.” CIOs were excited by how the concept fits together, matching employers in need of View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology

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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015) - Recruiting

and leading lights her up and further her mission. “I knew that I wanted to get an education, build a network, and then at some point do my part toward deepening the economy and creating companies that could nurture ambition and talents... View Details

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Are You Supporting Your B Players?

By day, managers run themselves ragged worrying about their A players: their stars, their rainmakers, their top 15 percent. By night, the same managers fret over their C players—their bottom 15 percent of staff. The C players are those employees, incompetent by... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

July 2022 (Revised January 2025)
Case

Call of Fiduciary Duty: Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard

By: Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli and James Barnett

In January 2022, Microsoft announces its acquisition of the video game company Activision Blizzard, in a deal valued at $68.7 billion, which would make Microsoft the world’s third largest video game company. The deal came as Activision Blizzard faced gender pay... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Goodwill Accounting; Analysis; Decision Making; Talent and Talent Management; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Ethics; Leadership; Risk and Uncertainty; Mergers and Acquisitions; Lawsuits and Litigation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Video Game Industry; North America; California

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10 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself

filtering. It doesn’t mean that if I love to wear my pajamas because I feel comfortable that I go to work in my pajamas. There’s still judgment in terms of how to bring some of your talents forward. Also, being authentic doesn’t mean that... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

October 2020
Case

Michael Phelps: 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'

By: Boris Groysberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Michael Norris

In 2020, Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 28 medals in various swimming events, was now retired. As he looked back on his 20+ year athletic career, he considered what had gone into making him the greatest of all time—the highs and lows,... View Details

Keywords: Mental Health; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Health; Success; Performance Improvement; Personal Development and Career; Family and Family Relationships; Sports; Competition; Sports Industry; United States; Baltimore; Arizona; Sydney; Athens; Beijing; London

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General Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

(MDD) (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management and Technology & Operations Management) Amy Edmondson , Tiona Zuzul Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 The Moral Leader Joseph Badaracco Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 The Power of DEI: Harnessing Talent and... View Details

15 Dec 2023
News

Like-Minded

social, and governance (ESG) solutions. Yet they achieved both distinctions in May 2021 with MPower, focusing on what they considered an untapped pool of talent in Japan: young entrepreneurs making a difference with ESG. The companies... View Details

01 May 2020
Blog Post

5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS

utilize these two years best. I’m passionate about creating opportunities for diverse talent in business and serving as an AASU leader allows me to pursue that passion on campus, right now. 4. Conferences After the conclusion of START,... View Details

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Dusty Register

depth of conversations I experience on a daily basis and relish in the opportunity to know my classmates on a consistently deeper level. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A LEGO set designer, despite having nearly zero natural View Details

Keywords: CPG

10 May 2012
Working Paper Summaries

The Flattened Firm—Not as Advertised

Keywords: by Julie Wulf

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

self-development. In the course of my work, I have had the privilege of developing teaching materials about many experienced leaders and their career development. This chapter builds on stories from some of the talented managers I've... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

your phone. Whether you write out your thoughts in a journal or talk with a trusted mentor, consider the current state of your organization and ask: What are our capability gaps? Does our current team reflect our current and future market? What is our View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

31 Aug 2020
What Do You Think?

Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?

of performance measures. It is quite likely that the rich get richer in this effort; organizations exhibiting greater diversity are more attractive to talented people with diverse backgrounds. Talent... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Nov 2022
News

Strong Finish

investment from Sontag’s firm, Prelude Growth Partners, Sol de Janeiro’s sales more than doubled. Yang credits Sontag’s investment—and well-timed advice to invest in talent acquisition and inventory, not office space—for that success,... View Details

March 2011
Case

Globant

By: Mukti Khaire, Gustavo A. Herrero and Cintra Scott

The case deals with an IT company born in Argentina in 2003 to provide software services to established companies in the developed world. After reaching sales of $57 million in 2010, the company ponders its next steps to achieve $500 million in revenues by 2015. View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Delivery; Software; Information Technology Industry; Argentina

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