Talent management

Ron Howard achieved early fame as a child actor on The Andy Griffith Show. Then came a long stint as Richie Cunningham on Happy Days. But from an early...

What do the career prospects of female scientists, the general chaos of the mid-career managers’ life, the failure to adequately develop new cadres of leaders internally, and escalating CEO compensation have in common? Let me suggest that these are interrelated phenomena whose connections with one another may be poorly understood. Let’s start with female scientists. […]

How can a person who seems so qualified for a position fail miserably in it? How can someone who clearly lacks relevant skills and experience succeed?...

You can sneak off to that afternoon doctor's appointment, just don't ask for a sabbatical.

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As you measure people, be sure to measure their context, too.

As an opening post on Harvard Business.org, I figure no topic could be more appropriate than the change happening at Harvard, among other places. I’m talking about the big shift in what business schools are teaching students and, more importantly, what those future business leaders want from their employers. According to a recent article in […]

It’s up to the league to lay down the law.

A new study confirms an old idea.

When jobs are broken down into tiny pieces, employees have more flexibility-- but managers need to design jobs and delegate differently than they have...

How the retailer scouts, hires, and retains its people.

Peer support is key to successful “returnship” programs.

A company's most important asset isn't raw materials, transportation systems, or political influence. It's creative capital--simply put, an arsenal of...

Good workers don’t always need degrees.

Researchers found that companies assume talented men will job hop to further their careers, while talented women will stay loyal.

When the author launched what would become Marico as a division within his family's business, Bombay Oil, it was with product innovation: Instead of selling...

Four strategies to make sure you’re measuring what matters.

And how to make it more likely that they'll stay.

Human resources departments develop programs and policies that contribute to organizational culture, but managers like you are the single biggest influence...

Significant demographic shifts are only one of the challenges for a global business.