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  • February 2019
  • Teaching Note

Talent@Tencent

By: Tarun Khanna
Late in 2016, two senior human resources (HR) executives at Tencent Holdings (Tencent), China’s leading Internet services firm, are assessing the effectiveness of the company’s talent management practices in responding to Tencent’s sustained hypergrowth. Over the... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Employees; Retention; Entrepreneurship; Employee Relationship Management; Web Services Industry; China
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  • 28 May 2024
  • In Practice

Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

is that the types of skills needed are constantly evolving, so many employers prefer workers with a strong foundation in a variety of skills. This allows them to learn quickly and adapt to whatever new View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • January 2014
  • Case

Social Strategy at Cisco Systems

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, Daniel Malter and Aaron Smith
In April 2013, Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn, vice president and general manager for Learning@Cisco Systems, was planning the future of the Cisco Learning Network, an online platform hosted at Cisco.com. Since its launch in 2008, the Cisco Learning Network provided content to... View Details
Keywords: Networks; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Competency and Skills; Learning; Web Services Industry
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  • 18 Aug 2022
  • Op-Ed

Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent

business leaders need to step up their game to attract and retain the top talent they need to remain competitive, productive, and cohesive to get through this tumultuous period. "Leaders must realize that their workers are their greatest... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson
  • 31 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 31

possessed competitive advantages and management skills residing in contacts, knowledge, information, and relationships that sustained long-lasting and successful international businesses and that gave them genuine efficiency-enhancing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge

basic thing they expect you to deliver? To zero in on your basic goods, trust your gut in figuring out what skills you bring to the table—and what you don’t. If your brilliant business idea relies on software programming and you’re not a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Oct 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All

aspects of the firm: operations, marketing, finance, communications, and product development. Clearly, general management skills win the day, says one of the paper’s coauthors, Paul A. Gompers, who is the Eugene Holman Professor of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders

come from different sources, or they must share decision-making with employees—or both. Workers increasingly resist one-way, top-down communication and commands; they expect to be heard and to help develop their organizations’ plans and... View Details
Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards
  • 13 Oct 2015
  • First Look

October 13, 2015

research. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49810 October 2015 Journal of Labor Economics The Value of Bosses By: Lazear, Edward P., Kathryn L. Shaw, and Christopher Stanton Abstract—How and by how much do supervisors enhance View Details
  • 17 Jan 2023
  • In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 07 Jul 2019
  • HBS Case

Walmart's Workforce of the Future

the work they’re asked to do, and helps develop the soft skills that are useful in any field. Workers who completed the program received a raise and had increased job opportunities; however, many complained... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
  • 18 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 18, 2016

Christopher Parsons Abstract—The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and utilize their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2012
  • Discussion Paper

Labor Productivity and Quality Change in Singapore: Achievements in 1974-2011 and Prospects for the Next Two Decades

By: Koji Nomura and Tomomichi Amano
Labor productivity growth in Singapore that has grown at a rate of over 3.0 percent per year since 1970s considerably slowed down to 0.5 percent on average per annum in the latter half of the 2000s. The purpose of this paper is to ask, first, to what extent Singapore’s... View Details
Keywords: Labor; Performance Productivity; Quality; Economic Growth; Singapore
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  • 30 Mar 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most

as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes and remote employees—perhaps grudgingly—contemplate returning to offices. Wu’s conclusions were clear: A long commute hurts workers and their employers by hindering creativity and productivity, which stifles... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 3

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-062.pdf 'Fit': Field Experimental Evidence on Sorting, Incentives and Creative Worker Performance Authors:Kevin J. Boudreau and Karim R. Lakhani Abstract We present the results of a 10-day field... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2006
  • What Do You Think?

How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?

Summing Up Among responses to this month's column, there was little disagreement with the premise that attitude trumps skills in the selection of new employees. C. J. Cullinane commented: "Attitude is all! I have worked with a group... View Details
Keywords: by by Jim Heskett
  • 05 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures

person. As prior research has shown, this type of envy can be toxic in the workplace, stifling worker productivity, leading employees to behave less cooperatively, interfering with group cohesion, and making people feel more justified in... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Jul 2021
  • Op-Ed

What Pirates Can Teach Us About Leadership

mattered. What matters is skills and commitment, not background. As they sailed the high seas, pirates picked up mariners from different races, religions, and ethnicities, which made for a cosmopolitan lot. Though slavery was common on... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
  • 10 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Too Nice to Lead? Unpacking the Gender Stereotype That Holds Women Back

less likely to be seen as suitable leaders.” “In cooperative workforces where social skills are highly valued, being seen as nice and equality-oriented could be an advantage,” Exley explains. “On the other hand, if we’re talking about... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta

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