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- 04 Nov 2015
- What Do You Think?
Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?
being sensitive to others’ needs and interactions, and weighing various sides in an argument? Does the fact that women influence 70 percent of consumer purchase decisions favor gender-diverse companies? Whatever the reason, an earlier McKinsey study, in 2007, of more...
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by James Heskett
- Web
Providers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Employers Suppliers Policymakers Providers Providers Every health care provider has the opportunity to dramatically increase value for patients. This means better care for less cost. By focusing on value, providers can increase satisfaction among View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
When the COVID-19 virus spread worldwide and normal life ground to a halt last year, we thought voluntary employee turnover would drop as well. But the opposite happened in one area: Lift outs—a group of workers who defect...
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- 11 Mar 2021
- News
Leading with Heart
Yeah. And that's such an important question because it's easy to say that, but how do you do it? Because those who can afford it the least get impacted the most. Unfortunately that's how life works. So some examples of how we did that with compassion. We told all of...
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- 01 Nov 2022
- What Do You Think?
Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?
thousands of loyal, hard working, often inadequately recognized, government employees attempting to carry out the latest immigration policy are caught in the middle. Immigrants need the US. It still represents the world’s most attractive...
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by James Heskett
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
others’ views and insights. Superficial recognition that doesn’t allow women to fully contribute won’t placate employees who feel their voices are unheard. Indeed, lip service can be all the more frustrating, as expressed by one woman...
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by Kristen Senz
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Mark Fuller
start-up with five employees to a global powerhouse with sixteen hundred employees in 23 countries. From day one, Fuller and his colleagues knew they wanted to build a firm with global reach — a cutting-edge...
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- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
Bergen titled “YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant.” The article noted recommendations from current and former employees about ways to alter policies designed to increase “user engagement, ” or the amount...
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- 04 Jul 2005
- What Do You Think?
How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?
"professional" models? Or will it increasingly be achieved in the institutions created and run by large business enterprises to train not only their own employees but those of other organizations as well? What do you think?
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by James Heskett
- August 2023
- Case
Beamery: Using Skills and AI to Modernize HR
By: Boris Groysberg, Alexis Lefort, Susan Pinckney and Carolina Bartunek
Unicorn human relationships startup Beamery evaluates it's growth versus depth strategy as its strategic partners and customers could become future competitors in a quickly changing AI based human resources and talent management industry
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Acquisition;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Startups;
Competency and Skills;
Experience and Expertise;
Talent and Talent Management;
Customers;
Nationality;
Learning;
Entrepreneurship;
Employee Relationship Management;
Recruitment;
Retention;
Selection and Staffing;
Values and Beliefs;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Analytics and Data Science;
Applications and Software;
Disruptive Innovation;
Technological Innovation;
Job Offer;
Job Search;
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Employment;
Human Capital;
Europe;
United Kingdom;
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Groysberg, Boris, Alexis Lefort, Susan Pinckney, and Carolina Bartunek. "Beamery: Using Skills and AI to Modernize HR." Harvard Business School Case 424-004, August 2023.
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
insurance conglomerate. He left a legacy of openness to new technologies, a commitment to employee training, and a collaborative style of leadership that had transformed the company. His success at USAA followed an equally impressive and...
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- 29 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The History and Influence of Andy Grove
so interested in strategy and the intricacies of running a business? A: Grove made the transition from technologist to technologist/manager because he had no choice. When Intel was founded in July of 1968, he was employee number three....
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- 05 Sep 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Making the Right Technical Hire
the right expectations (with yourself, your company, and your investors) that a ramp in hiring will likely slow things down until new teams settle into new norms. If the ramp is constant, by the way, your teams will never settle into a groove, leading to View Details
- 18 Dec 2019
- Book
6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation
founder took on the government, says Takeuchi. “He basically disobeyed a government mandate and said we’re entering anyway He always had a fighting spirit with others, and with the government.” 6. Encourage the development of practical wisdom in others, especially...
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by Kristen Senz
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics
my research on platforms, including Airbnb, Facebook, Instagram, Yelp, and Wayfair. There are lots of exciting opportunities beyond platforms as well. For example, one company recently found that increasing pay for lower-wage employees...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine
a new study coauthored by Harvard Business School Professor Shai Bernstein. “Attracting high-quality talent is an important challenge for any young firm, and it’s critical to establishing reputation and growth.” “One of the key challenges for startups is convincing...
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by Rachel Layne
- Web
Polaroid | Harvard Business School: Invention of the Polarizer
Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS VISITING THE EXHIBIT “We now existed for only one purpose: to win this war.” Edwin Land, "Annual Christmas Message to View Details
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
quickly to produce and air new advertising creative that tapped into the rapidly changing zeitgeist. The result, the Retail Heroes campaign, featured CEO McMillon Zooming in remotely from home to thank the one million Walmart front line View Details
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by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
says. Adds Størmer, "There are probably business benefits in relying on radical simplicity to free and empower employees in a similar way." Our e-mail Q&A follows. Martha Lagace: Miles Davis defied the critics who thought he...
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Sergio Velasquez-Terjesen
Australia, but he seized an opportunity to change the culture of ConocoPhillips itself, becoming the co-founder of the company's first LGBT employee group. Over the course of four years, Sergio and his colleagues moved ConocoPhillips'...
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