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- 2014
- Report
Managing the Talent Pipeline: A New Approach to Closing the Skills Gap
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Robert G. Sheets and Jason A. Tyszko
Fuller, Joseph B., Robert G. Sheets, and Jason A. Tyszko. "Managing the Talent Pipeline: A New Approach to Closing the Skills Gap." Report, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, 2014.
- 20 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators
In their new book, The Innovator's DNA, authors Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen, and Clayton M. Christensen build on the idea of disruptive innovation to explain how and why the Steve Jobses and Jeff Bezoses of the world are so successful. This excerpt from Chapter One...
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- 05 Dec 2018
- News
Skills gap solution? Disrupt the system
- 29 Nov 2018
- News
The gig economy connects the skilled
- 20 Sep 2016
- News
HBS study addresses U.S. middle skills gap
- Teaching Interest
The Entrepreneurial Manager
This course addresses the issues faced by managers who wish to turn opportunity into viable organizations that create value, and empowers students to develop their own approaches, guidelines, and skills for being entrepreneurial managers.
The course teaches... View Details
- Web
Middle Skills - U.S. Competitiveness
record number of positions. Professor Joseph Fuller suggests that resolving this paradox will require education institutions and employers to adopt a new approach to skills training. Nov 2014 U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation View Details
- May 11 2023
- Testimonial
Building the Right Skills for a New Role
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Middle Skills Gap Initiative Announced
- 05 Jan 2023
- News
6 Business Skills Every Engineer Needs
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
Photos by Kunle Ogunfuyi Even a college degree couldn’t help Temi Abiola, who grew up in Nigeria, land a job. Though he speaks fluent English, he lacked the problem-solving and customer relations skills required for his dream job in the...
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Jill Radsken
- 07 Jun 2023
- News
Changing the Skills Narrative
- Mar 28 2018
- Testimonial
Developing Critical Leadership Skills
- July 2020
- Article
Healthy Business? Managerial Education and Management in Healthcare
By: Nicholas Bloom, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
We investigate the link between hospital performance and managerial education by collecting a large database of management practices and skills in hospitals across nine countries. We find that hospitals that are closer to universities offering both medical education...
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Keywords:
Management;
Hospitals;
Mortality;
Education;
Health Care and Treatment;
Performance Improvement;
Business Education;
Management Practices and Processes
Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Healthy Business? Managerial Education and Management in Healthcare." Review of Economics and Statistics 102, no. 3 (July 2020): 506–517.
- June 2019
- Teaching Note
CEWD: Closing the Skills Gap
By: William R. Kerr and Ted Smalley Bowen
Teaching Note for HBS No. 818-081. The teaching note presents background, case details, and teaching strategies, along with board plans and supporting graphics.
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Keywords:
Competency and Skills;
Training;
Demographics;
Economics;
Education;
Energy;
Jobs and Positions;
Intellectual Property;
Labor;
Knowledge;
Leadership;
Management;
Marketing;
Organizations;
Outcome or Result;
Performance;
Personal Development and Career;
Projects;
Relationships;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Science;
Technology;
Energy Industry;
North and Central America
- 31 Aug 2022
- Podcast
Credly's Jonathan Finkelstein on the evolving language of skills
As work is recast in terms of skills and credentials, is the labor market awash in too much information? Credly's founder and CEO argues that more detail--verified and expressed in a standard taxonomy--can benefit both workers and employers.
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Managing Human Capital
The Managing Human Capital course has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the future general manager (not just the human resource practitioner) who seeks to manage both other people and her or his own career with optimal... View Details
- 2015
- Chapter
Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and William F. Lincoln
Firms play a central role in the selection, sponsorship, and employment of skilled immigrants entering the United States for work through programs like the H-1B visa. This role has not been widely recognized in the literature, and the data to better understand it have...
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Business or Company Management;
Human Capital;
Immigration;
Innovation and Invention;
United States
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, William R. Kerr, and William F. Lincoln. "Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration." In Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 15, edited by William R. Kerr, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern, 115–152. University of Chicago Press, 2015.
- 05 Feb 2019
- Podcast
Speaking the language of skills
As jobs change faster and faster and companies work to prepare their employees for the future, it is more important than ever for firms to assess the talent they have and understand skills they need to compete. David Blake, founder and Executive Chairman of Degreed and...
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- July 2020
- Background Note
Leadership for Change: Seven Enduring Skills for Experienced and Aspiring Change Leaders
Leaders use seven leadership skills in conceiving and managing change projects, whether innovations in established organizations, culture and process changes, or entrepreneurial ventures for industry or social change. The skills leaders need are different at various...
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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Leadership for Change: Seven Enduring Skills for Experienced and Aspiring Change Leaders." Harvard Business School Background Note 321-019, July 2020.