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June 2024
Teaching Note

Skills-First Hiring at IBM

Teaching note for “Skills-First Hiring at IBM,” case no. 422-013. View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Human Capital; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Jobs and Positions; Job Design and Levels; Job Interviews; Society; Societal Protocols; Technology Industry; United States; New York (state, US)

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06 Oct 2016
Blog Post

An Interview with Corporate Relations Director, Cathy Hutchinson

global organizations interested in hiring talent from HBS. I work closely with our technology and media recruiting partners, helping organizations think about how best to connect with our students and alumni.What do you enjoy most about... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Entertainment / Media / Sports

Portrait Project

Nathalie duPreez

otherwise. I am fortunate that I have had the encouragement and opportunities to live by his advice. Yet, just five miles away from where I grew up, children do not have fathers to make them "wings," nor role models to inspire them. It is not a lack of View Details

21 May 2021
News

See Us Unite for Change

Lirio Marcelo (MBA 1998), the founder of Care.com and TAAF board member, is an executive producer of the event. “Not only are business leaders, activists and talent coming together to support this cause, but we have networks and media... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Sep 2018
News

A Growing Array of Engagement Opportunities

inspired an expanded menu of opportunities for alumni to contribute their wisdom, time, and talents across the HBS community. Long involved in small pockets of campus activities, alumni are now returning to Soldiers Field in larger... View Details

20 Dec 2022
Blog Post

7 Resolutions for Recruiting in the New Year

retaining, and developing talent who bring different perspectives, varied skills, and unique life experiences.Resolve to do a talent audit. Is your senior leadership representative of your full team and the... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

26 Mar 2021
News

Planning for a Hybrid Workforce

Profile

Brittany Williams

girls, but we lose talent at the college level—that’s where the gap is.” To prepare herself for leadership, Brittany served as the African American Student Union’s director of career and academics, “matching first-year and second-year... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

01 Jun 2008
News

Let’s Celebrate! HBS is 100 Years Young

A BIG DAY FOR THE HBS COMMUNITY: At the School’s centennial birthday, in a tent on the HBS tennis courts, students, staff, and faculty react to the jaw-dropping music and dance talent of friends and colleagues. Exotic Indian dancing, cool... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2008
News

Lessons from Private Equity

potential of your company Developing a road map to get to that potential Accelerating current organizational performance Harnessing and rewarding top talent Leveraging cash as productively as possible Fostering a results-oriented mindset.... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management

01 Dec 2012
News

Reimagining Capitalism In a World of Limited Resources

electricity—and research conferences, such as the Corporate Accountability Reporting Conference to be held in January 2013. "The fact that there is so much talent at Harvard that we can pull together enables us to coordinate programs in... View Details

Keywords: Dalai Lama

01 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'

quantitatively, that it definitely matters which coach is matched up with which team" The question of whether matching matters takes on critical significance in the corporate world as well. Choosing talented employees makes a great... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

28 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Creating a Workplace That Supports Employees in Work and Life

“Support from CEOs made me know that the wellbeing and success of LGBTQ+ talent was on their mind and a priority.” Paul Donaher (MBA 1981) echoed the point about senior leadership support and offered a suggestion on how to build that... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

Alumni WDYDWYD

Marlene Krauss

Chelsea Hotel in New York. Some things I did early (I started HBS in 1965 at age 20), some I did late (I started medical school at age 30 and had twins at age 53), and some things I missed out on because I had no talent (lead singer in a... View Details

Web

AllWorld Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

ranks the fastest growing for the Arabia 500, Africa 500, Asia 500, Eurasia 500, and Latin America 500. Being on an AllWorld ranking puts companies on the world map, drawing the market to them. Ranked companies “go public,” attracting new investors, customers, joint... View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

Spangler Center in Top Form

accepted a Superman T-shirt from Joe Lavin, one of the many members of Ironworkers Local #7 of Boston whose skills, courage, and talents were being honored. The building's final beam (of steel, not wood), signed by dozens of people... View Details

26 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future

example, how will a would-be entrepreneur know about the prices of various cash crops that might replace otherwise tried-and-true opium production? How can would-be investors, even in a small-scale enterprise, locate suitable talent for... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

04 Nov 2002
What Do You Think?

What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?

orderly introduction of new talent into an organization, perhaps by periodically identifying and letting the lowest performers go, was applauded. One of the comments reflects this view: "What is really important is that companies... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Mar 2014
Blog Post

East Asia MBA Market Update

equity because firms typically grow talent internally and few actively recruit from MBA programs. In North America a common MBA career path for private equity is to spend two years in banking after college, work for two years in private... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

conjuring up. 3. Emphasize coaching and mentoring over managing the details. Talent is the most important strategic resource for future success, suggests Hargrove. You can't win the talent wars without... View Details

Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni

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