Talent Development And Retention - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Apr 2012
What Do You Think?

How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?

that "technology and knowledge advancement have again developed faster than the managers' and business owners' capabilities to leverage its usefulness in their decision making... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

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LGBTQ+ Pride Month | Baker Library

Report to understand how hospitable U.S. States are to LGBTQ+ people, especially in the context of business, talent retention, and workplace inclusion. Explore HBS Cases with LGBTQ+ protagonists: Dylan... View Details

13 May 2013
Blog Post

Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Aaron…

full-time in a high pressure career), I am helping to build a comprehensive talent acquisition strategy for the Asia Pacific region of a major multi-national company. It’s big and complex, View Details

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The Case Method | MBA

experiences. HBS brings together amazingly talented people from diverse backgrounds and puts that experience front and center. Students do the majority of the talking (and lots... View Details

10 Jul 2024
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Next Level

Gina Joseph (GMP 29, 2020), chief strategy officer for the technology media company VentureBeat, was recently honored by the San Francisco Business Times in their “40 Under 40” issue. Joseph is thriving in the media, tech, and gaming world—all industries traditionally... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace

01 Feb 2002
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Redefining Success: Women & Work.

talented women with children for short periods of time," she says. "So we've built a network of about forty people who can do part-time, nonprofit work." Camargo's ability to find a balance between work and... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

24 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works

their companies. If ever there was a time for leaders to be authentic, this is it. They need to be humble, open, and realistic about the health care and logistical challenges they are facing while using the... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health

01 Jan 2009
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Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985

Jorge Paulo Lemann, Carlos Sicupira, and Marcel Telles have been primary figures in Brazil’s economic development for more than 30 years. The three friends and business... View Details

25 Mar 2025
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

ClimateCAP is an initiative manage by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business whose mission is to prepare business leaders to understand and respond to the climate challenge. They provide learning resources for MBA students interested in the intersection of business... View Details

03 Oct 2018
What Do You Think?

How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?

talent (in unlikely places), not a resume; define the core vision for the team or organization, and regard everything else as potentially open for innovation; believe that people you hire can View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2018
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Up by the Roots

regulated industry containing a number of distinct verticals, from capital markets to asset management and lending. Few cities on earth can boast a talent pool with quite as much relevant domain expertise as... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

01 Jun 2006
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India Arrives

developing economic powerhouse. In the evening light, silhouettes of high-rises under construction punctuate the modern skyline, and a gleaming urban mall stands ready to serve Mumbai’s growing,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2012
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Rival Visions

policy, military strategy, and the development of the American West. As a member of the House from 1795 to 1801, he was the first powerful congressman who lived on the western side of the Appalachian... View Details

05 Mar 2001
What Do You Think?

Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?

competencies] they can." The gap in levels of efficiency between markets for goods and for talent remains wide. Can it be closed? What will it take? Should it be closed? What do you think? Original... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jan 2005
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Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975

competent team of practitioners, analysts, and managers from around the world. And she fostered the development of an organization that engaged the View Details

04 Aug 2023
Blog Post

Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change

to the effects of climate change. After experiencing numerous energy blackouts when visiting Nigeria, Chidalu Onyenso realized having limited access to reliable energy hampers development efforts. It particularly hinders access to... View Details

06 Dec 2018
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Source Code

the conclusion that you can’t do both research and business development at once.” “I think as a small company, I’m coming to the conclusion that you can’t do both research and... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg

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A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library

A Culture of Innovation Photo: Edwin Land from “The Purpose of the Company,” employee handbook, 1945. Polaroid Corporation Administrative Records, b. I.384, f. 30. Edwin Land, the founder of Polaroid, embraced two central concepts for his company: the View Details

17 Apr 2019
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Give It to Me Straight

didn't tell him that his work wasn't nearly good enough. I was just trying to be nice to Bob, and then I wound up having to fire Bob, not so nice after all. Dan: What is it about Silicon Valley that has made it such a good training ground... View Details