Workforce Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

01 Dec 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In

UPWARD, a nonpro t she founded in 2013 to cultivate strategic connections and develop company-based programs to advance executive women’s careers. What began as a gathering of 90 women in Lambert’s backyard is now a community of 22,000... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2023
News

Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

of the Harvard Project on the Workforce and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He studies issues related to employment and income polarization and the relationship between talent and economic... View Details

14 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings

be constantly looking attentive for hours.” How managers can be mindful The pandemic workforce has created a significant challenge for managers, Sadun says. She offers three pieces of advice to leaders of remote workforces: Empathize with... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

10 May 2021
Research & Ideas

Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men

Many well-meaning companies want to diversify their workforces but face an all-too-common problem: They take great pains to hire more women and people of color, only to find that these employees don’t stick around long. At one midsize... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

company reviews, over 70,000 job listings, virtual recruiting events and a community where users can be honest about their triumphs and failures either as themselves or anonymously. Evolve Evolve is a professional development company for... View Details

16 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

The Messy Link Between Slave Owners and Modern Management

Caitlin C. Rosenthal didn't intend to write a book about slavery. She set out to tackle something much more mundane: the history of business practices. But when she started researching account books from the mid-1800s, a period of major economic View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston

22 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading

shouldn’t make salespeople sales managers, but I don’t think that’s good advice,” Cespedes says. “Sales managers determine how much money salespeople make and how well they eat. It’s difficult, if not impossible, to develop the relevant... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2023
News

The Exchange: Help Wanted

decades—between globalized workforces and the rise of technology—that the traditional pedigree is out of date. They studied almost 5,000 executive job descriptions compiled by the executive recruiting firm Russell Reynolds Associates in... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

Blog

What Can You Do to Foster Gender Equity?

up over half of the college-educated workforce in the United States, for example, they are still vastly underrepresented in corporate leadership ranks. So, why haven't organizations made more progress in promoting women? I worked with a... View Details

01 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2023 Goldsmith Fellows

during COVID. She also led the team’s health equity strategy and founded its first DEI program, in partnership with senior hospital leadership. She said, “the Goldsmith Fellowship will be instrumental in helping me achieve my goal of increasing access to quality... View Details

26 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener

listen empathetically, welcome input, and rally the workforce around a common goal, according to a recent study by a team of researchers including Harvard Business School Professors Raffaella Sadun and Joseph Fuller, who analyzed... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

08 Sep 2022
Book

Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?

for Boomers to step aside, and for the new generation to step up,” says George, now an executive fellow at Harvard Business School. “They are the leaders we need.” Many Baby Boomers in the US are rejecting the idea of a quiet Florida retirement and expect to stay in... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Research Staff Services - Faculty & Research

Research Services Research Staff Services 1ms As part of the Division of Research and Faculty Development (DRFD), Research Staff Services (RSS) provides research support personnel for faculty as well as oversight and management of the... View Details

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

ChargerHelp! Evette Ellis Cofounder & Chief Workforce Officer, ChargerHelp! Evette Ellis is a performance-driven leader in workforce development with over fifteen years of... View Details

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

significantly affect negotiation attempts. Women responded more strongly to both interventions, helping to narrow gender gaps. We develop a new model of salary negotiations, incorporating risk and information frictions, that can better... View Details

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Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

the goal of developing a strong E&E community. Future of Work Club The club acts as a forum through which members can engage in topics related to the Future of Work, from exploring the substantial disruptions occurring in the View Details

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Events - Business & Environment

Policy Pathways, speak at HKS on Wednesday March 26. Rachel was the former Deputy Director of Food Policy for NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Food Policy Pathways is empowering the next generation of policy leaders, shaping a skilled workforce to... View Details

23 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Strategy-Focused Organization

returned to their organizations to lead inspiring projects that developed wonderful, strategic Balanced Scorecards. But not all of these companies were able to sustain the energy to deliver the results we reported in Chapter 1. What helps... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

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