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A 5-Part Process for Using Technology to Improve Your Talent Management

Harvard Business

And because organizational change tends to be driven by those who most acutely feel the pain, it’s often line managers who are the strongest champions for “talent tech”: innovations in how firms hire people, staff projects, evaluate performance, and develop talent. Walker and Walker/Getty Images.

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The Power of Leaders Who Focus on Solving Problems

Harvard Business

“Embrace cyborgs,” she calls out, as she clicks to a slide that raises eyebrows even in this tech-smitten crowd. She’s an entrepreneur, a CEO, and a teacher — all leadership roles — but when we ask her about her leadership style, she demurs. Antonio Iacobelli/Getty Images. “ Really.

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This Pharma Company Stays Innovative by Doing Two Things

Harvard Business

For industries that depend on innovation, sustaining it is a constant challenge. After extensive assessment, they settled on two initiatives: realigning incentives for employees and systematically introducing outside talent and practices. Yet they have already generated tens of millions of dollars in value for Roivant.

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Leaders Need Different Skills to Thrive in Tech

Harvard Business

You accept your first job as a manager in a fast growth tech company, thinking: “How much different could this be from my former company—a financial services firm? We at VitalSmarts wanted to uncover whether differences between the cultures of tech and non-tech companies are simply a matter of degree or of kind.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in San Francisco

Management Consulted

Here at MC, we’ve been absolutely thrilled to launch our new series and bring you some juicy insights into the Top 10 Consulting firms in every major consulting city and region around the world. This week, we continue with sunny – and windy – San Francisco. The region has 3 major cities: San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland.

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Do Employees Understand Your Desired Culture?

LSA Global

The larger the gap between your current and desired workplace culture, the larger the gap between your ability to execute your business and talent strategies. The Importance of Cultural Alignment at Work. We know that cultural alignment at work has a quantifiable impact on business and people performance. What Is Corporate Culture?

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6 Things Successful Women in STEM Have in Common

Harvard Business

For years, companies, universities and nonprofits have researched the reasons why women are less likely to enter STEM field s — and why, once they enter, they face challenges that frequently push them out. PM Images/Getty Images. Yet many other women have managed to build highly successful careers with degrees in STEM disciplines.