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The Barriers to Recruiting and Employing Digital Talent

Harvard Business

Finding digital talent is one of the biggest challenges facing companies today. Because these firms tend to have slim margins and cannot pay Silicon Valley salaries, many have had to get creative in their recruiting and employee development. Another common strategy we’ve seen is firms rushing to train internal talent.

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Automation Will Make Us Rethink What a “Job” Really Is

Harvard Business

Which jobs should remain within the company, and which should be accessed via talent platforms, or perhaps shared with peers, or even competitors? Let’s look at an example that most of us directly interact with for hundreds, if not thousands, of hours annually: the airline industry. What set of skills should companies invest in?

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The Sales Role Multinationals Need in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business

Understanding where those skills overlap and diverge is essential for executives looking to cultivate the next generation of channel management talent within their organizations. The capabilities and qualities that make someone a great sales manager are not the same as those that make an effective channel manager.

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How Winning Organizations Last 100 Years

Harvard Business

Most businesses focus on serving customers, owning resources, being efficient and growing — but the Centennials don’t. They are incredibly strategic, looking 20 to 30 years ahead, to understand how society is evolving, how they can shape it, and how they can get the talent to do this.

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An Agenda for the Future of Global Business

Harvard Business

In the developed world, we enjoy better medicines, connectivity, and mobility than most of us could have imagined even 20 years ago. The effects of technology on humans depends on how we choose to develop and use it. “Inside AT&T’s Talent Overhaul” 5. “Strategies for Two-Sided Markets” 3.

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Why Your Company Culture Should Match Your Brand

Harvard Business

Ask people how to develop a good corporate culture, and most of them will immediately suggest offering generous employee benefits, like they do at Starbucks, or letting people dress casually, as Southwest Airlines does. How you operate on the inside should be inextricably linked with how you want to be perceived on the outside.

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9 Sustainable Business Stories That Shaped 2016

Harvard Business

The UN also agreed to slash emissions from the airline industry. President Obama, with his counterparts in Canada and Mexico, agreed to some aggressive regional targets on renewable energy and efficiency. Others want to attract and retain diverse talent. This week, Canada announced it would tax carbon nationally by 2018.

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