Remove 2017 Remove Management Remove Recruitment Remove Training
article thumbnail

How to Activate Team Creativity and Innovation

Organizational Talent Consulting

Evidence from a large-scale study revealed that training and development positively affected innovative performance by building employee competence and organizational commitment. According to US Department of Labor statistics from 2017, 47% of the workforce in the United States is women. Management Research Review, 38 (11), 1126-1148.

How To 87
article thumbnail

3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

Mindfulness: Mindfulness-based stress-reduction meditation training has been shown to have a positive outcome in overcoming the fear of failure. European Conference on Knowledge Management, 833. Creativity and Innovation Management, 21 (3), 304-314. The importance of play in overcoming fears of entrepreneurial failure.

Culture 52
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Conversation with L.E.K. Consulting

Tom Spencer

I recently had the opportunity to communicate with Janine Clifford, Recruitment & HR Manager at L.E.K. Consulting is a global management consulting firm that uses deep industry expertise and analytical rigor to help clients solve their most critical business problems. Consulting. Please read my discussion with Janine below.

article thumbnail

7 People who NEED to apply to McKinsey in the next 8 days

Management Consulted

The following 7 categories of people have 8 days left to apply at McKinsey for a full-time position (provided they finish their programs in 2017/2018): PhDs. It’s no secret McKinsey recruits PhD and APD level candidates, but the process is unique compared to the way the firm hires other candidates. Non-MBA Master’s.

McKinsey 100
article thumbnail

5 Things We Learned About Creating a Successful Workplace Diversity Program

Harvard Business

In STEM fields, both the private and public sectors continue to struggle with recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. As of 2017, nearly 75% of those in computing and mathematical fields were men and fewer than 15% were black or Hispanic. We kept this in mind when creating our own workplace diversity program.

article thumbnail

How My Company Created an Apprenticeship Program to Help Diversify Tech

Harvard Business

Even though we were following the typical playbook — posting open positions on job boards that specialize in attracting candidates from underrepresented groups, sponsoring events, giving scholarships, and training our employees on inclusion and hidden bias — we weren’t seeing progress. Native American, 18.1%

Company 36
article thumbnail

Research: When the Economy Is Good, Employers Demand Fewer Credentials

Harvard Business

However, after 2009, despite employers reporting an increasing number of vacancies, the unemployment rate hardly budged, resulting in an outward shift in the Beveridge Curve that persisted through the end of 2017. Economists have recently begun to suspect that the shift was caused by a decrease in “ recruitment intensity.”